Personal

Impact of
Mental Illness?

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 Uncovering the Secrets:
Culture Bound Syndromes

Anna Hofmann
Independent Research
Dr. Kiehl
Mount Hebron High School
This Presentation Will Include…
● My personal interest
● Definition
● Examples
● Expanding
● Data collection
● Product
● Future aspirations
Interest
● Interest in anthropology and medical sciences
● Culture bound syndromes are explicit example
● Many unanswered questions

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What is a Culture Bound Syndrome (CBS)?
● Unique “condition” found within a certain culture or region
● Not recognized or seen by other cultures
● 25 recognized by DSM-5

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Ataque de Nervios
● Seen in two groups:
1. Spanish identifying persons living in US
2. Latino identifying persons living in or originating from the Caribbean Islands
● Mostly seen in women over the age of 45
● Uncontrollable shouting, crying, heat rising to head
○ Suicidal gestures, seizures, fainting
● Similar symptoms to a panic attack
Taijin Kyofusho
● Found only in Japan
● Fear that one's face or presence is offending to others
○ False assumption
● Similar symptoms to social anxiety

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 Research Question:
Why do people in specific ethnological settings experience
mental illness differently?

Nature vs. Nurture

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Hypothesis:
People across many cultures experience mental
illness differently based on their definitive
upbringing and homelife
Data Collection
● Meta-analysis
● Comparison of common characteristics and traits of five
culture-bound syndromes in different journals
Future Aspirations
● Potential career path?
● Beneficial to help me understand my true interests
● Explore elsewhere
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Questions?
Works Cited
Burton, N. (2012, June 6). The culture of mental illness. Psychology Today. Retrieved from
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201206/the-culture-mental-illness

Cooper, B. (2 January 2018). Nature, nurture and mental disorder: Old concepts in the new millenium. British Journal of Psychiatry. Retrived from
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/nature-nurture-and-mental-disorder-old-concepts-in-the-ne
w-millennium/8F42D49F229A5FB8866F00A155C927B7#

Fritscher, L. (16 June 2018). Taijin kyofusho: Japanese social phobia. Verywellmind.com. Retrieved from
https://www.verywellmind.com/taijin-kyofusho-2671839

Fritscher, L. (14 June 2018). What to know about ataque de nervios. Verywellmind.com. Retrieved from:
https://www.verywellmind.com/ataque-de-nervios-2671733

Keough, M.E., Timpano, K. R. & Schmidt, N. B.. (15 January 2009). Ataque de nervios: Culturally bound and distinct from panic attacks?
Depression & Anxiety, 26(1), 16-21. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/da.20498

Murphy, D. (2019, January 17). Phone interview.

Product

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