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Sing Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Reconsidering the status of anorexia nervosa as a western Culture-Bound Syndrome.
Social science & medicine (1982), 1996Co-Authors: Sing LeeAbstract:Based on Ritenbaugh's 1982 definition, this essay reconsiders the status of anorexia nervosa as a Western Culture-Bound Syndrome (CBS). It argues that anorexia nervosa, in its culturally reconstructed fat phobic form, is no longer bound to specific Western localities. Instead, it may be conceived as being grounded in the transnational culture of 'modernity', characterized by an internationalised socio-economic stratum now found in many rapidly urbanising parts of the world, and composed of increased affluence, as well as the globalization of fat phobia and diffusion of biomedical technology. Although the treatment implication of Ritenbaugh's CBS concept may appear to be misplaced from the clinician's pragmatic perspective, its salience for clarifying the interaction of individual and cultural concerns in self-starvation, as well as for fostering a needed self-scrutiny in psychiatry, is affirmed. A critique of the dialectical relationship between culture and psychopathology is then put forward. This addresses the apparently conflicting role of anorexia nervosa in enacting as well as combating the cultural pursuit of thinness, and ends by highlighting the inadvertent influence of the biomedical establishment in propagating the condition with measures intended, ironically, for preventing it.
Jair De Jesus Mari - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The contribution of Latin American and Caribbean studies on Culture-Bound Syndromes for the revision of the ICD- 10: key findings from a work in progress A contribuição dos estudos transculturais dos países latino- americanos e caribenhos para a revi
2011Co-Authors: Denise Razzouk, Bruno Nogueira, Jair De Jesus MariAbstract:Objective: This review aims to verify the scientific evidences for the inclusion of culture bound Syndromes in the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11 th edition based on studies from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Method: Studies were identified in Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases for the period between 1992 and 2008, and then classified according to the type of study, to the mental disorder, country and number of publications per year. Results: 163 studies were selected and classified: 33 in Medline, 90 in EMBASE e 40 in LILACS. The percentage of culture bound-Syndrome corresponded to 9% in Medline, 12% in EMBASE e 2.5% in LILACS. Among fifteen studies on cultural bound Syndromes, two were about “nervios and ataque de nervios”, two about “susto”, four about the relationship between religion beliefs, witchery, trance and mental disorders, one with a proposal for new diagnostic category, three about theoretic issues and three about the pathoplasty of mental disorders. Conclusion: The scarcity of studies on culture bound Syndromes might be due to the indexation problems hindering the screening of studies; lack of interest on publishing such studies in indexed journals (publication bias) and due to difficulty to access them. There is no robust evidence identified among cross-cultural studies to recommend changes for International Classification of Diseases-11th edition.
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A contribuição dos estudos transculturais dos países latino-americanos e caribenhos para a revisão da CID-10: resultados preliminares The contribution of Latin American and Caribbean countries on culture bound Syndromes studies for the ICD-10 revisio
2011Co-Authors: Denise Razzouk, Bruno Nogueira, Jair De Jesus MariAbstract:Objective: This review aims to verify the scientific evidences for the inclusion of culture bound Syndromes in the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11th edition based on studies from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Method: Studies were identified in Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases for the period between 1992 and 2008, and then classified according to the type of study, to the mental disorder, country and number of publications per year. Results: 163 studies were selected and classified: 33 in MedlLne, 90 in EMBASE e 40 in LILACS. The percentage of culture bound-Syndrome corresponded to 9% in Medline, 12% in EMBASE e 2.5% in LILACS. Among fifteen studies on cultural bound Syndromes, two were about “nervios and ataque de nervios”, two about “susto”, four about the relationship between religion beliefs, witchery, trance and mental disorders, one with a proposal for new diagnostic category, three about theoretic issues and three about the pathoplasty of mental disorders. Conclusion: The scarcity of studies on culture bound Syndromes might be due to the indexation problems hindering the screening of studies; lack of interest on publishing such studies in indexed journals (publication bias) and due to difficulty to access them. There is no robust evidence identified among cross-cultural studies to recommend changes for International Classification of Diseases-11th edition.
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The contribution of Latin American and Caribbean countries on culture bound Syndromes studies for the ICD-10 revision: key findings from a working in progress
Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2011Co-Authors: Denise Razzouk, Bruno Nogueira, Jair De Jesus MariAbstract:OBJECTIVE: This review aims to verify the scientific evidences for the inclusion of culture bound Syndromes in the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11th edition based on studies from Latin American and Caribbean countries. METHOD: Studies were identified in Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases for the period between 1992 and 2008, and then classified according to the type of study, to the mental disorder, country and number of publications per year. RESULTS: 163 studies were selected and classified: 33 in MedlLne, 90 in EMBASE e 40 in LILACS. The percentage of culture bound-Syndrome corresponded to 9% in Medline, 12% in EMBASE e 2.5% in LILACS. Among fifteen studies on cultural bound Syndromes, two were about "nervios and ataque de nervios", two about "susto", four about the relationship between religion beliefs, witchery, trance and mental disorders, one with a proposal for new diagnostic category, three about theoretic issues and three about the pathoplasty of mental disorders. CONCLUSION: The scarcity of studies on culture bound Syndromes might be due to the indexation problems hindering the screening of studies; lack of interest on publishing such studies in indexed journals (publication bias) and due to difficulty to access them. There is no robust evidence identified among cross-cultural studies to recommend changes for International Classification of Diseases-11th edition.
Caroline Giles Banks - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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'Culture' in Culture-Bound Syndromes: the case of anorexia nervosa.
Social science & medicine (1982), 1992Co-Authors: Caroline Giles BanksAbstract:Anorexia nervosa is presently considered a Western Culture-Bound Syndrome. A cultural focus on dieting and ideals of thinness for women are assumed to be implicated in the disorder. While research indicates that the majority of non-anorectic women in the United States are preoccupied with body weight and dieting, it is not clear what 'thinness' means to anorectics themselves or that norms about dieting are always involved in subjective experiences of anorexia. Meaning-centered studies of anorectics--especially those in non-clinical settings--are needed to clarify the cultural contexts of the disorder. Case studies of two anorectic women from Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, show that for some anorectics self-starvation is encoded in religious idioms and symbols about the body, food, and self. A review of the literature illustrates a long-standing relation between self-starvation and religious ideals in Western culture and points to an association between contemporary anorexia nervosa and asceticism. The case studies presented here demonstrate that this asceticism may be subjectively expressed through religious concepts about the body and food and suggest that future research formally investigate the religious practices and beliefs of anorectics seen clinically. The author explores the implications of these findings for definitions of 'normality' and 'abnormality,' key issues in ethnopsychiatry. These findings also suggest that future cross-cultural research might examine asceticism about the body and food in religions other than Judeo-Christian, cultural groups with rituals of fasting and vomiting, and the presence of fundamentalist churches and missionaries in those non-Western cultures for which there are recent reports of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa's designation as a Syndrome limited to Western cultures or to those cultures influenced by them may reflect unexamined assumptions on the part of researchers that dieting and secular ideals of slimness are primarily involved in the disorder.
Denise Razzouk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The contribution of Latin American and Caribbean countries on culture bound Syndromes studies for the ICD-10 revision: key findings from a working in progress.
Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo Brazil : 1999), 2011Co-Authors: Denise Razzouk, Bruno Nogueira, Jair De Jesus MariAbstract:This review aims to verify the scientific evidences for the inclusion of culture bound Syndromes in the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11th edition based on studies from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Studies were identified in Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases for the period between 1992 and 2008, and then classified according to the type of study, to the mental disorder, country and number of publications per year. 163 studies were selected and classified: 33 in MedlLne, 90 in EMBASE e 40 in LILACS. The percentage of culture bound-Syndrome corresponded to 9% in Medline, 12% in EMBASE e 2.5% in LILACS. Among fifteen studies on cultural bound Syndromes, two were about "nervios and ataque de nervios", two about "susto", four about the relationship between religion beliefs, witchery, trance and mental disorders, one with a proposal for new diagnostic category, three about theoretic issues and three about the pathoplasty of mental disorders. The scarcity of studies on culture bound Syndromes might be due to the indexation problems hindering the screening of studies; lack of interest on publishing such studies in indexed journals (publication bias) and due to difficulty to access them. There is no robust evidence identified among cross-cultural studies to recommend changes for International Classification of Diseases-11th edition.
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The contribution of Latin American and Caribbean studies on Culture-Bound Syndromes for the revision of the ICD- 10: key findings from a work in progress A contribuição dos estudos transculturais dos países latino- americanos e caribenhos para a revi
2011Co-Authors: Denise Razzouk, Bruno Nogueira, Jair De Jesus MariAbstract:Objective: This review aims to verify the scientific evidences for the inclusion of culture bound Syndromes in the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11 th edition based on studies from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Method: Studies were identified in Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases for the period between 1992 and 2008, and then classified according to the type of study, to the mental disorder, country and number of publications per year. Results: 163 studies were selected and classified: 33 in Medline, 90 in EMBASE e 40 in LILACS. The percentage of culture bound-Syndrome corresponded to 9% in Medline, 12% in EMBASE e 2.5% in LILACS. Among fifteen studies on cultural bound Syndromes, two were about “nervios and ataque de nervios”, two about “susto”, four about the relationship between religion beliefs, witchery, trance and mental disorders, one with a proposal for new diagnostic category, three about theoretic issues and three about the pathoplasty of mental disorders. Conclusion: The scarcity of studies on culture bound Syndromes might be due to the indexation problems hindering the screening of studies; lack of interest on publishing such studies in indexed journals (publication bias) and due to difficulty to access them. There is no robust evidence identified among cross-cultural studies to recommend changes for International Classification of Diseases-11th edition.
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A contribuição dos estudos transculturais dos países latino-americanos e caribenhos para a revisão da CID-10: resultados preliminares The contribution of Latin American and Caribbean countries on culture bound Syndromes studies for the ICD-10 revisio
2011Co-Authors: Denise Razzouk, Bruno Nogueira, Jair De Jesus MariAbstract:Objective: This review aims to verify the scientific evidences for the inclusion of culture bound Syndromes in the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11th edition based on studies from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Method: Studies were identified in Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases for the period between 1992 and 2008, and then classified according to the type of study, to the mental disorder, country and number of publications per year. Results: 163 studies were selected and classified: 33 in MedlLne, 90 in EMBASE e 40 in LILACS. The percentage of culture bound-Syndrome corresponded to 9% in Medline, 12% in EMBASE e 2.5% in LILACS. Among fifteen studies on cultural bound Syndromes, two were about “nervios and ataque de nervios”, two about “susto”, four about the relationship between religion beliefs, witchery, trance and mental disorders, one with a proposal for new diagnostic category, three about theoretic issues and three about the pathoplasty of mental disorders. Conclusion: The scarcity of studies on culture bound Syndromes might be due to the indexation problems hindering the screening of studies; lack of interest on publishing such studies in indexed journals (publication bias) and due to difficulty to access them. There is no robust evidence identified among cross-cultural studies to recommend changes for International Classification of Diseases-11th edition.
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The contribution of Latin American and Caribbean countries on culture bound Syndromes studies for the ICD-10 revision: key findings from a working in progress
Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2011Co-Authors: Denise Razzouk, Bruno Nogueira, Jair De Jesus MariAbstract:OBJECTIVE: This review aims to verify the scientific evidences for the inclusion of culture bound Syndromes in the International Classification of Diseases towards its 11th edition based on studies from Latin American and Caribbean countries. METHOD: Studies were identified in Medline, LILACS and EMBASE databases for the period between 1992 and 2008, and then classified according to the type of study, to the mental disorder, country and number of publications per year. RESULTS: 163 studies were selected and classified: 33 in MedlLne, 90 in EMBASE e 40 in LILACS. The percentage of culture bound-Syndrome corresponded to 9% in Medline, 12% in EMBASE e 2.5% in LILACS. Among fifteen studies on cultural bound Syndromes, two were about "nervios and ataque de nervios", two about "susto", four about the relationship between religion beliefs, witchery, trance and mental disorders, one with a proposal for new diagnostic category, three about theoretic issues and three about the pathoplasty of mental disorders. CONCLUSION: The scarcity of studies on culture bound Syndromes might be due to the indexation problems hindering the screening of studies; lack of interest on publishing such studies in indexed journals (publication bias) and due to difficulty to access them. There is no robust evidence identified among cross-cultural studies to recommend changes for International Classification of Diseases-11th edition.
Nathan C. Weed - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development of a scale to assess Hwa-Byung, a Korean Culture-Bound Syndrome, using the Korean MMPI-2.
Transcultural psychiatry, 2006Co-Authors: Miguel E. Roberts, Kyunghee Han, Nathan C. WeedAbstract:This study documents the development of an MMPI-2 scale designed to assess features of the Korean Culture-Bound Syndrome, Hwa-Byung (HB). An American research team and psychiatric practitioners in Korea created an 18-item HB scale via rational item selection and psycho-metric refinement. Principal components analysis of scale items revealed four components, reflecting content domains of general health, gastrointestinal symptoms, hopelessness, and anger. This four-component solution applied well to both Korean men and women, but not to an American sample. Although some findings were encouraging, future studies employing clinical samples are needed to provide further validation of this scale.
