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Are culture‐bound syndromes on the verge of extinction?
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.461
Subject(s) - lexicon , extinction (optical mineralogy) , history , aesthetics , psychology , philosophy , linguistics , biology , paleontology
Exotic and enigmatic they may be, but culture‐bound syndromes could be disappearing from the medical lexicon, partly as a result of cultural boundaries becoming blurred by the march of the internet and mass media. Mark Greener explores some fascinating examples of culture‐bound syndromes and reasons why the terms might be falling into disuse.