An epidemic of collective conversion and dissociation disorder in an indigenous group of Colombia: Its relation to cultural change

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1425-1428

  Piñeros, Marion ^a   Rosselli, Diego ^b   Calderon, Claudia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Conversion disorder; Dissociative disorder; Hysteria; South American Indians

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

CULTURAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC DISEASE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0031781772     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10094-6     Document Type: Article

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