PSYCHO-DYNAMICS OF KORO: (A Case Report)
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چکیده
Koro is an acute anxiety reaction characterized by the patients desperate fear that his penis is shrinking and may disappear into his abdomen, leading to his death (Freedman et al., 1976). This culture bound syndrome is said to occur almost exclusively among people of malay archipelago and south Chinese who refer to it as Suk-Yeong (Yap, 1965). Two cases from Canada (Dow and Silver, 1973); two cases from India (Shukla and Mishra, 1981; Chakraborty, 1982), have been reported. Recently epidemic of Koro has been reported in four districts of Assam (Datta et al 1982).
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