Culture-bound syndrome

Japanese: culture-bound syndrome(英語表記)cultureboundsyndrome
Culture-bound syndrome

...There is some debate as to whether amok is unique to the Malays, and it is said that similar attacks are seen in Polynesia and the Sahara Desert. In any case, amok, along with the primitive hysterical reaction (rata), which is also widely observed in Malay and Indonesia, can be considered a type of culture-bound syndrome linked to socio-cultural factors in the region. [Tadao Miyamoto]...

From [Im]

...Psychiatrically, it is accompanied by increased suggestibility, command automatism, echolalia, echo actions, sexual behavior, anguish, and anxiety, but similar temporary mental disorders are also seen in other groups besides the Ainu, such as the Rata of Malay and Indonesia, and according to Yuji Uchimura, the true nature of both is the same primitive hysterical reaction. It is certain that such reactions have a strong socio-cultural character, and today they are considered to be a type of "culture-bound syndrome." [Tadao Miyamoto]...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "culture-bound syndrome" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アモクがマレー人に特有であるかどうかについても議論があり,これに近い発作がポリネシアやサハラ砂漠地方にみられるともいわれる。いずれにせよ,アモクは,おなじくマレー・インドネシアにひろく観察される原始ヒステリー反応〈ラター〉とともに,その地の社会文化的要因と結びつく〈文化結合症候群culture‐bound syndrome〉の一型と考えてまちがいない。【宮本 忠雄】。…

【イム】より

…精神医学的には,被暗示性の亢進,命令自動,反響言語,反響動作,性的言動,苦悶,不安などが付随するが,これと似た一過性の精神異常はアイヌ以外にもたとえばマレー・インドネシアのラターにみられ,内村祐之によると,両者の本態はおなじ原始ヒステリー反応にほかならない。このような反応が社会文化的性格をつよく帯びていることは確かで,今日では〈文化結合症候群culture‐bound syndrome〉の一型とみなされる。【宮本 忠雄】。…

※「culture-bound syndrome」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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