Concept information
Preferred term
culture-bound syndrome
Definition
- In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. (Wikipedia)
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-MLQZRCXC-D
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