The dhat syndrome observed in parts of India, characterised by fatigue, anxiety and guilt and usually experienced by men, is a well-documented example of a psychological culture-bound syndrome, as is the susto, or fright sickness, of Latin America.
Their conversation was the beginning of an ongoing relationship that led to professional counseling and medication, which Mr. Ayala says has enabled him to make psychological leaps and bounds.
No director makes a festival-bound psychological thriller as unrestricted as "Krisha" -- we never get a full account of the character's ailments -- and expects its shelf life to go far, at least not without Meryl Streep's name stamped on the advertisements.
Domestic complications and iambic pentameter ensue, all within the bounds of strict psychological realism.
In a hundred-and-thirty-page report on the condition, commissioned by the government and published in 2006, a team of psychologists, political scientists, and sociologists hypothesized that it was a culture-bound syndrome, a psychological illness endemic to a specific society.
Experts differ on the best way to treat the departure of a college-bound freshman, from a psychological and an interior design perspective.
Michelle Federer, as Elphaba's wheelchair-bound sister, embodies a clunky psychological subtext with surprising grace.
Unfortunately, the views of mainstream psychoanalysts back then were also warped by culture-bound assumptions about gender and psychological health.
If that sounds like a stretch, I should point out that Haldane has a reputation for extending the bounds of economic-policy debates to incorporate psychological, evolutionary, and moral considerations.
Just as nations have political or natural borders, we are bounded by skin, but it's the psychological violations at the fringes that are the hairiest for country and person alike.
However, it was noticed that, in contrast to psychological and social barriers, physical barriers, like being wheelchair-bound were often not in themselves sufficient motivators for giving up or altering oral care behavior.
