Regional Disturbances. / Lawrence Osborne.
by Osborne, Lawrence; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 28Health. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2001ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Cultural psychiatry | Latah (Disease) | Mental illness -- Causes | Women -- Malaysia | Malaysia -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In 1994, the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or D.S.M.-IV, recognized latah [a disorder marked by dancing, mimicking, and blurting offensive phrases] for the first time as a member of a new category of psychiatric illnesses known as culture-bound syndromes--that is, mental disorders induced primarily by culture and not by any bodily pathology. Culture-bound syndromes are not only rare and exotic; they're also controversial, for they raise intriguing questions about the very nature of mental illness. At the heart of these questions are age-old debates about the conflicting roles of nature and nurture." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article examines latah, a seemingly contagious syndrome, in Malaysia and questions whether or not mental illness stems from "brain disorders.".
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Originally Published: Regional Disturbances, May 6, 2001; pp. 98-102.
"In 1994, the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or D.S.M.-IV, recognized latah [a disorder marked by dancing, mimicking, and blurting offensive phrases] for the first time as a member of a new category of psychiatric illnesses known as culture-bound syndromes--that is, mental disorders induced primarily by culture and not by any bodily pathology. Culture-bound syndromes are not only rare and exotic; they're also controversial, for they raise intriguing questions about the very nature of mental illness. At the heart of these questions are age-old debates about the conflicting roles of nature and nurture." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article examines latah, a seemingly contagious syndrome, in Malaysia and questions whether or not mental illness stems from "brain disorders.".
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