Dhat Syndrome

Medical, Psychological and Sociocultural aspects

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av Sujita Kumar Kar, S. M. Yasir Arafat, Vikas Menon

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Dhat Syndrome is known as a culture-bound syndrome in South Asia. Due to strong cultural beliefs and associated myths, patients with Dhat Syndrome often reach out to traditional healers before getting the proper psychiatric consultation, further consolidating their myths and poor attitude toward treatment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-03-14
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt494 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor176
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789819988693

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Dr. Sujita Kumar Kar is working as an Additional Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow,India. He has written 62 book chapters, over 450 articles, and fivemonographs. Dr. S. M. Yasir Arafat is working as an Assistant Professor at theDepartment of Psychiatry, Enam Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hehas more than 300 articles, several book chapters, and edited books. Dr. Vikas Menon is a Professor at the Department of Psychiatry atJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research(JIPMER), Puducherry. He is also the Consultant-in-charge Mood Disorders Clinic, Psychosomatic Clinic, Crisis Intervention,Transplant, and Metabolic Clinics at the Department of Psychiatry,JIPMER, Puducherry. He has published more than 300 articles, 15 book chapters, and several books.

Chapter 1 Concept of Dhat: Journey through the history.- Chapter 2 Dhat syndrome as a diagnostic category: Place in different classificatory system.- Chapter 3 Epidemiology of dhat syndrome.- Chapter 4 Female dhat syndrome.- Chapter 5 Anthropological aspect of dhat syndrome.- Chapter 6 Dhat syndrome in Indian traditional medicine.- Chapter 7 Phenomenology of dhat syndrome.- Chapter 8 Course and outcome of dhat syndrome.- Chapter 9 Co-morbidities associated with dhat syndrome.- Chapter 10 Care-seeking and disease burden in dhat syndrome.- Chapter 11 Assessment of dhat syndrome: Clinical to behavioral.- Chapter 12 Pharmacological management of dhat syndrome.- Chapter 13 Psychosocial management of Dhat syndrome.- Chapter 14 Current research and research gaps in Dhat syndrome.- Chapter 15 Dhat syndrome: A Fact or Myth.