Culture Bound Syndrome Research Paper
Culture Bound Syndrome
Community Intervention
What do you do when you have a disorder that cannot be related to many other out around the world? What if a doctor told you that there is no certain answer on how to help overcome your disorder? Many psychological disorders in the world are acquired by it simply being in your genes and other developed by traumatic experiences you may encounter. There is some disorders that are even caused by your cultural background and what that background has you do or believe.
Culture-bound syndromes are specific mental disorders that only occur in specific cultures around the world. It is questioned if these disorders are labeled as ones in the western culture or are unique to a specific culture has always …show more content…
The last problem is that if the doctor tries to imply their ideas are the patient could feel insulted by being treated as if what they have is not a “real” illness. Let me give a good example though of how a culture specific disorder looks like speaking in a matter of impression of course. KURU: an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) similar to mad cow disease. Kuru is almost always found in New Guinea. The symptoms included tremors and muscle jerks, difficulty walk and swallowing, and coordination problems. Death usually occurs within 1 year after the first sign of symptoms. During its peak it mostly afflicted women. Medical Anthropologist traveled to discover why Kuru was only found in New Guinea and hoped to find a cure. They traced family lines to see if it was hereditary and tested the environment to look for toxins in plants, water, soil, and animals. All attempts failed until Carleton Gajdusek began a microscopic examination of tissue of people who had already died of Kuru. He found that the means of transmission was cannibalism. As part of cultural tradition, during funerary practices New Guinea societies ate their dead relatives. Women were usually
Community Intervention
What do you do when you have a disorder that cannot be related to many other out around the world? What if a doctor told you that there is no certain answer on how to help overcome your disorder? Many psychological disorders in the world are acquired by it simply being in your genes and other developed by traumatic experiences you may encounter. There is some disorders that are even caused by your cultural background and what that background has you do or believe.
Culture-bound syndromes are specific mental disorders that only occur in specific cultures around the world. It is questioned if these disorders are labeled as ones in the western culture or are unique to a specific culture has always …show more content…
The last problem is that if the doctor tries to imply their ideas are the patient could feel insulted by being treated as if what they have is not a “real” illness. Let me give a good example though of how a culture specific disorder looks like speaking in a matter of impression of course. KURU: an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) similar to mad cow disease. Kuru is almost always found in New Guinea. The symptoms included tremors and muscle jerks, difficulty walk and swallowing, and coordination problems. Death usually occurs within 1 year after the first sign of symptoms. During its peak it mostly afflicted women. Medical Anthropologist traveled to discover why Kuru was only found in New Guinea and hoped to find a cure. They traced family lines to see if it was hereditary and tested the environment to look for toxins in plants, water, soil, and animals. All attempts failed until Carleton Gajdusek began a microscopic examination of tissue of people who had already died of Kuru. He found that the means of transmission was cannibalism. As part of cultural tradition, during funerary practices New Guinea societies ate their dead relatives. Women were usually