Culture bound syndromes in a group of Xhosa with psychiatric disorders

• প্রধান লেখক: E. N. Shezi (লেখক), L. R. Uys (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: AOSIS, 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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The article describes the culture bound syndromes found amongst a sample of 40 psychiatric patients seen at Umzimkulu Hospital serving mainly Xhosa speaking people. A CBS could be identified in 15 of these patients. CBS similar to four of the six syndromes found in these patients were Ascribed in DS...