Literature DB >> 8038952

Koro: culture-bound disorder or universal symptom?

R A Adeniran1, J R Jones.   

Abstract

A case report is presented of koro associated with a depressive illness in a 31-year-old male Briton. The specificity or otherwise of koro as culture bound and a distinct nosological entity is discussed.

Entities:  

Mesh：

Year:  1994        PMID： 8038952     DOI： 10.1192/bjp.164.4.559

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br J Psychiatry        ISSN： 0007-1250            Impact factor:   9.319


  2 in total

Review 1.  [The syndrome of genital retraction from a transcultural psychiatric point of view. Chinese suo yang, Indonesian koro and non-Asian forms (koro-like symptoms)].

Authors:  R W Freudenmann; C Schönfeldt-Lecuona
Journal:  Nervenarzt       Date:  2005-05       Impact factor: 1.214

2.  [Koro-like symptoms in a recurrent depressive disorder].

Authors:  R W Freudenmann; C Schönfeldt-Lecuona
Journal:  Nervenarzt       Date:  2005-07       Impact factor: 1.214
  2 in total

北京卡尤迪生物科技股份有限公司 © 2022-2023.