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a dissociative episode in Malaysia characterized by a period of brooding followed by an outburst of violent behavior

• Biopsychosocial approach

• Amok

• Anxiety disorders

• Cognitive revolution

in North Africa and the Middle East an experience of spirit possession where the person develops a relationship with the spirit. Characterized by withdrawal and apathy

• Zar

• Taijin-kyofusho

• Maladaptiveness

• Neurodevelopmental disorders

a phobia, similar to social phobia and unique to Japan, that is characterized by an intense fear that one's body parts, bodily functions, or facial expressions are embarrassing or offensive to others

• Taijin-kyofusho

• Moral treatment

• Depressive disorders

• Amok

any phenomenon or circumstance accompanying something and serving as evidence of it

• Amok

• Symptoms

• Diagnosis

• Dysfunction

a disorder occurring among Latinos in the United States and populations in Mexico, Central America, and South America. After experiencing a frightening event, individuals fear that their soul has left their body.

• Symptoms

• Susto

• Diagnosis

• Dysfunction

abuse of, or dependence on, a mood or behavior altering drug

• Feeding and eating disorders

• Substance-related disorders

• Dissociative disorders

• Susto

the negative social attitude attached to a characteristic of an individual that may be regarded as a mental, physical, or social deficiency

• Stigma

• Substance-related disorders

• Symptoms

• Susto

the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories

• Zar

• Repression

• Symptoms

• Susto

a class of mental disorders in which there is a severe loss of contact with reality

• Psychotic disorders

• Substance-related disorders

• Psychological disorder

• Dissociative disorders

deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors.

• Psychological disorder

• Personality disorders

• Neurodevelopmental disorders

• Psychotic disorders