[Mental illness in the former Dutch Indies--four psychiatric syndromes: amok, latah, koro and neurasthenia].
In: Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, Jg. 151 (2007-12-22), Heft 51, S. 2845-51
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--At the beginning of the 20th century Dutch psychiatrists in the former Dutch Indies encountered exotic psychiatric syndromes and variant expressions of psychopathological diseases that were also prevalent in Europe. --The amok and latah syndromes were reported relatively frequently and were considered typical endemic psychopathologies. Amok is an acute condition of insanity in which the affected individual, a man, attempts to kill others. Latah is a shock-like condition in which the affected individual, a woman, mimics the movements and sounds of those nearby against her will. --The koro syndrome is considered a typical but rare psychosis seen primarily among the Chinese population of the former Dutch Indies. Patients have a recurring fear of the penis retracting into the body. --A diagnosis of 'tropical neurasthenia' was frequently made in Europeans for what today would be referred to as dysthymic disorder or minor depressive disorder.
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[Mental illness in the former Dutch Indies--four psychiatric syndromes: amok, latah, koro and neurasthenia].
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bartelsman, M ; Eckhardt, PP |
Zeitschrift: | Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, Jg. 151 (2007-12-22), Heft 51, S. 2845-51 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2017?-: Amsterdam : Vereniging NTvG ; <i>Original Publication</i>: Houten : Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, 2007 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0028-2162 (print) |
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