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culture-bound syndrome: a standalone construct

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culture-boundsyndrome1 CONSTRUCTCulture-bound syndromePRINCE · MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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Medical anthropology

a pattern of distress or illness recognized within particular cultural settings and explained through local categories.

In medical anthropology, culture-bound syndrome refers to a pattern of distress or illness recognized within particular cultural settings and explained through local categories. This meaning comes from Prince (1987) in Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry.[1]

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  1. Prince, R., & Tcheng-Laroche, F. (1987). Culture-bound syndromes and international disease classifications. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 11(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00055003

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