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What is a culture-bound disorder?

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What is a culture-bound disorder?

What is a culture-bound disorder?

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While many disorders are seen in all cultures, such as depression and schizophrenia, some disorders are culture-bound. Culture-bound syndromes, culture-specific disorders, are disorders that not seen universally. Koro, for example, is a fear reaction seen in men in some Asian countries. It consists of an extreme fear that the penis will withdraw into the abdomen.

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