Jiko-shisen-kyofu (fear of one's own glance), but not taijin-kyofusho (fear of interpersonal relations), is an east Asian culture-related specific syndrome

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-152

  Iwata, Yasuhide ^a   Suzuki, Katsuaki ^a   Takei, Nori ^a,b   Toulopoulou, Timothea ^b   Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Matsumoto, Kaori ^a   Takagai, Shu ^a   Oshiro, Masaya ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Mori, Norio ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; cross cultural comparison; interpersonal relations; social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ODOR; PHOBIA; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; FAR EAST; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SYNDROME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951747450     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.534068     Document Type: Article

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