Ramadan Fasting Triggering Koro-like Symptoms during Acute Alcohol Withdrawal: A Case Report from Oman

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 695-704

  al Sinawi, Hamed ^a   al Adawi, Samir ^a   al Guenedi, Amr ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

alcohol withdrawal; castration anxiety; erectile dysfunction; Islam; koro; Oman; Ramadan

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DIAZEPAM; MULTIVITAMIN; OLANZAPINE; SILDENAFIL; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANAMNESIS; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVENING DOSAGE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INSOMNIA; KORO; MALE; PENIS AMPUTATION; PSYCHOSIS; QATAR; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAMILY; FASTING; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; KORO; MAGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PATIENT ADMISSION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 58049131483     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461508100791     Document Type: Article

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