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idioms of distress: a standalone construct

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culturally patterned ways of expressing and communicating suffering, which may differ from biomedical symptom categories.

In anthropology, idioms of distress refers to culturally patterned ways of expressing and communicating suffering, which may differ from biomedical symptom categories. This meaning comes from Nichter (1981) in Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry.[1]

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  1. Nichter, M. (1981). Idioms of distress: Alternatives in the expression of psychosocial distress: A case study from South India. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 5(4), 379-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00054782

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