you will discuss a culture bound syndrome and compare it to a western/modern day diagnosis. In many cultures, there are mental illnesses that are unique to that culture, and thus are known as culture bound syndromes. Many of these syndromes share similar symptoms to western society’s mental illnesses.
Specifically, you are to:
Provide a detailed explanation of the syndrome: origin/history of it, characteristics and symptoms, any data or statistics that you can find on prevalence or incidence of the syndrome, what country/countries is this syndrome found, does it affect men or women, age it occurs, how it is treated or cured.
Discuss a case study/example of someone who experienced the culture bound syndrome. Include age/gender of the person, what happened to him/her and were they able to be treated/cured
Compare the syndrome to one of the mental illnesses in your textbook.In other words, based on the symptoms of the cultural bound syndrome, which diagnosis does it resemble the most?Choose only one western diagnosis. The syndrome may be similar to a couple of western diagnoses, but for the purpose of this assignment, pick the illness it most resembles. Provide similarities and differences in terms of symptoms, how these symptoms are manifested, treatment and prognosis
Include an introduction and conclusion paragraph
You DO NOT need an abstract for this assignment
