A study of Dhat syndrome- a culture bound syndrome in Nepalese context
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Dhat syndrome: a culture-bound sex neurosis of the orient.
The Indian Dhat syndrome is a culture-bound symptom complex. The clinical picture includes severe anxiety and hypochondriasis. The patient is preoccupied with the excessive loss of semen by nocturnal emissions. There is a fear that semen is being lost, and mixed in urine. A study was carried out to investigate the cultural basis of the Dhat syndrome. One hundred and seven respondents from the g...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psychiatrists' Association of Nepal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2350-8949,2091-2862
DOI: 10.3126/jpan.v6i1.21770