Four Culture-Bound Psychiatric Syndromes in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19273533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Salman Akhtar (0000-0003-0600-2966, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Chestnut Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 70-74 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002076408803400109 |
| PMID | 3384605 |
| OpenAlex | W2080645929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper describes four culture-bound psychiatric syndromes seen in India. It highlights their phenomenology and briefly comments upon the socio-cultural cor relates of such symptom constellations
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2024 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |