Lata (English spelling)

Japanese: ラター（英語表記）lata

It is an acute, transient mental abnormality seen among the Malays, characterized as a crisis reaction, and consists of increased suggestibility, echolalia, command automatism, coprolalia, stereotyped language, etc. The symptoms belong to the primitive hysterical reaction, and include signs of catatonic excitement, but these are generally common to abnormal reactions known by various names, such as Latha, Mari Mari in the Philippines, Yaung Da Chin Yoga in Myanmar, and Yim among the Ainu, and therefore today it is collectively referred to as a culture-bound syndrome.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

マレー人のあいだにみられる急性･一過性の精神異常状態で，危機反応としての性格をもち，被暗示性の亢進，反響症状，命令自動，汚言，常同言語などからなる。病像は原始ヒステリー反応に属し，緊張病性興奮の徴候をまじえるが，これらはラターだけでなく，フィリピンのマリ･マリ，ミャンマーのヤウン･ダ･チン･ヨガ，アイヌのイムなど，種々の呼称で知られる異常反応とだいたい共通で，そのため今日では一括して〈文化結合症候群culture‐bound syndrome〉と総称される。

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