Question

What is a culture-bound syndrome?

A. Ability to diagnose and treat and illness only through the beliefs and traditions of a culture
B. Symptoms that influence the wellbeing and ill health of an individual
C. The psychological experience and the social expression of a disease in a culture
D. Recurrent, locality-specific patterns of aberrant and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM-IV diagnostic category

Answer 1

Culture-bound syndrome is a concept that refers to the unique ways in which a particular culture conceptualizes mental illness. Examples include susto in Latino societies and anorexia nervosa in the United States and Europe. This concept is related to cultural concepts of distress.

Step-by-step explanation:

Culture-bound syndrome refers to unique ways in which a particular culture conceptualizes the manifestations of mental illness, whether as physical and/or social symptoms. It is not a biologically based disease identified among other populations. Examples include susto in Latino societies and anorexia nervosa in the United States and Europe. This concept is related to cultural concepts of distress, which describe how cultural groups experience and understand suffering and troubling thoughts and emotions.