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Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India
Cultural factors have influenced the presentation, diagnoses, and treatment of anxiety disorders in India for several centuries. This review covers the antecedents, prevalence, phenomenology, and treatment modalities of anxiety disorders in the Indian cultural context. It covers the history of the d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5573556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28867936 |
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author | Khambaty, Maherra Parikh, Rajesh M. |
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description | Cultural factors have influenced the presentation, diagnoses, and treatment of anxiety disorders in India for several centuries. This review covers the antecedents, prevalence, phenomenology, and treatment modalities of anxiety disorders in the Indian cultural context. It covers the history of the depiction of anxiety in India and the concept of culture in the classification of anxiety disorders, and examines the cultural factors influencing anxiety disorders in India. We review the prevalence and phenomenology of various disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety, and phobic disorder, as well as culture-specific syndromes such as dhat and koro in India. Finally, the review examines the wide range of therapeutic modalities practiced in India, such as faith healing, psychotherapy, ayurveda, psychopharmacology, Unani medicine, homeopathy, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. We conclude by emphasizing the significance of cultural factors in making relevant diagnoses and offering effective and holistic treatments to individuals with anxiety disorders. |
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spelling | pubmed-55735562017-09-01 Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India Khambaty, Maherra Parikh, Rajesh M. Dialogues Clin Neurosci Clinical Research Cultural factors have influenced the presentation, diagnoses, and treatment of anxiety disorders in India for several centuries. This review covers the antecedents, prevalence, phenomenology, and treatment modalities of anxiety disorders in the Indian cultural context. It covers the history of the depiction of anxiety in India and the concept of culture in the classification of anxiety disorders, and examines the cultural factors influencing anxiety disorders in India. We review the prevalence and phenomenology of various disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety, and phobic disorder, as well as culture-specific syndromes such as dhat and koro in India. Finally, the review examines the wide range of therapeutic modalities practiced in India, such as faith healing, psychotherapy, ayurveda, psychopharmacology, Unani medicine, homeopathy, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. We conclude by emphasizing the significance of cultural factors in making relevant diagnoses and offering effective and holistic treatments to individuals with anxiety disorders. Les Laboratoires Servier 2017-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5573556/ /pubmed/28867936 Text en Copyright: © 2017 AICH - Servier Research Group. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Research Khambaty, Maherra Parikh, Rajesh M. Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India |
title | Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India |
title_full | Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India |
title_fullStr | Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India |
title_full_unstemmed | Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India |
title_short | Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India |
title_sort | cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in india |
topic | Clinical Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5573556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28867936 |
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