Koro—A Culture-bound Depersonalization Syndrome

1965 ◽  
Vol 111 (470) ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Yap
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety State ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The South ◽  
Anxiety Neurosis ◽  
Folk Belief ◽  
Unusual Form ◽  
Dutch Literature ◽  
Acute Anxiety

The term “koro” refers to an unfamiliar state of acute anxiety with partial depersonalization leading to the conviction of penile shrinkage and to fears of dissolution. Among the South Chinese (Cantonese) koro is known as suk-yeong. Van Brero in 1897 first discussed the psychopathology of this syndrome on the basis of cases described in South Celebes. He thought it was a peculiar manifestation of obsessional-compulsive illness. After many years the syndrome again received attention from Van Wulftten Palthe (1934), who concluded that it was an unusual form of anxiety neurosis. Slot in the same year also gave an account of it in the Dutch literature. Van Wulftten Palthe (1936, 1937) further mentioned the existence of corresponding female cases who complained of shrinking of the vulval labia and the breasts. He made a distinction between a real anxiety state and an imaginary organic illness based on folk belief, comparable for example to the popular notion in Southern Europe that urinating against the wind would cause a person to “catch a cold” in the metaphorical sense of getting gonorrhoea.

VII.—“Analysis of Stilbite of an unusual form, from Faröe”

1877 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-92
Author(s):  
Heddle
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
Unusual Form ◽  
The Hill

At the foot of the terminal and almost inaccessible cliff of the hill—name unknown—which towers immediately to the south west of the harbour of Waii or Hoiwig, in Bordöe, Faröe, the writer obtained the specimen—a single one—of which the following is an analysis:The island of Bordöe, like the most of Faröe, is built up of strata of bedded trap with mural cliffs, which alternate with terraces of grass clad debris. At this part of the island, the terraced trap consists of a wackenitic “claystone,” which is very friable, light in colour, easily disintegrated, and in places tufaceous in aspect. Its amygdaloidal druses are very few and far between.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Efektivitas Terapi Self Healing Menggunakan Energi Reiki terhadap Kecemasan Menghadapi Ujian Skripsi

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Budiman Bahrien ◽  
Septi Ardianty
Keyword(s):  
College Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
College Student Health ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Acute Anxiety

The educational process can become a source of stressor and anxiety, especially in the final stage of a college education (thesis exam) for students. 5 of 15 College student Health Sciences Muhammadiyah Palembang experienced acute anxiety. In addition, 19 of the 67 students in STIKes Muhammadiyah who undergo remedial thesis examination have other physical complaints. Self healing using reiki energy can be utilized to reduce the anxiety state. This study investigates the effect of self healing reiki energy on anxiety. A quasi experimental design was used with the sample of forty respondents (20=intervention, 20=control group). One Way Anova was used to test the hypothesis. The results showed that there was a significant difference of the mean score of anxiety between the intervention and the control group during the post-test. Thus, treatment of self healing with Reiki energy is quite effective in reducing anxiety levels.

scholarly journals Cordons Sanitaires and the Rationalisation Process in Southern Europe (Nineteenth-Century Majorca)

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pere Salas-Vives ◽  
Joana-Maria Pujadas-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Fast Rate ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The South ◽  
General Consensus ◽  
Mediterranean Island ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Liberal Citizenship

Never before the nineteenth century had Europeans, especially in the south, adopted cordons sanitaires in such great numbers or at such a fast rate. This article aims to analyse the process of the rationalisation and militarisation of the cordons sanitaires imposed in the fight against epidemics during the nineteenth century on the Mediterranean island of Majorca (Spain). These cordons should be understood as a declaration of war by the authorities on emerging epidemics. Epidemics could generate sudden and intolerably high rises in mortality that the new liberal citizenship found unacceptable. Toleration of this type of measure was the result of a general consensus, with hardly any opposition, which not only obtained the support of scientists (especially in the field of medicine) but also of most of the local and provincial political elite, and even of the population at large.

scholarly journals Out of the box: Southwards and Eastwards notes on a new geography of criticism

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-199
Author(s):  
Jorge Figueira
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
The South ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Theory And Criticism ◽  
New Geography

Viewed from the 'Southern Europe', the theoretical/critical debate in the Anglo-Saxon world, in particular the ongoing debate at the American universities is perplexing. It is a world of opulence and loftiness, not in this case on the level of material wealth, but intellectual wealth. If we understand that the omnipresence of 'critical theory' has an inhibitive effect on a sensory relationship with architecture, and that dichotomies such as critical/projective are schematic, the truth is that we need to leave behind atavisms that diminish the approach in 'Southern Europe': the local against the global; the space against the images; the young against the old. Theory and criticism have much to gain from allowing themselves to be provoked by the unknown. I would like to concretize these ideas by revisiting two recent experiences: to the South, Cape Verde, and to the East, Macau. They are border situations of wealth and material prosperity in Macau; and of poverty and obstruction in Cape Verde. How are these territories read and criticized? The architecture we find there is outside the history based on the MoMA. In China one hears the echo of echoes, increasingly. In Africa, one can hear the distant resonance of those echoes. Where are we beyond 'post-criticism'.

Psychiatric Symptoms in Cannabis Users

1993 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huw Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Entity ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Causative Role ◽  
Distinct Clinical Entity ◽  
Confusional States ◽  
Acute Anxiety

The usual phenomena of cannabis intoxication include experiences which in a non-intoxicated state would be considered as psychiatric symptoms. These can be distinguished from adverse reactions to cannabis, the commonest of which is an acute anxiety state. Acute psychotic episodes can also follow ingestion of the drug but are infrequent. These can be classified as acute confusional states and episodes occurring in clear consciousness. Neither presentation consistently shows enough specific features to warrant the diagnosis of ‘cannabis psychosis' as a distinct clinical entity. The evidence that cannabis has a causative role in chronic psychotic or affective disorders is not convincing, although the drug may modify the course of an already established illness. Further controlled studies would be required to clarify the aetiological significance of the drug in these conditions.

II.—The Bronze Age in Macedonia

Archaeologia ◽  
1925 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Stanley Casson
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The South ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The Bronze Age

In most text-books of archaeology the section dealing with the Bronze Age in the Aegean invariably refers us to the culture of Crete and Mycenae. Under the heading of ‘South-Eastern Europe’ we are usually given an account of the Bronze Age of Hungary and the Danubian area. But between these two regions lies an area which is, as yet, almost entirely uncharted by archaeologists, an area which, from its position, is one of the most important in Southern Europe. Between the Danube and the Aegean, the Black Sea and the hills that hem in the river Vardar on its right bank, lies an area across which, by rigidly limited routes, have passed all intrusive elements from Asia and all invading elements into Asia, either by way of the South Russian Steppe or across the Dardanelles and Bosporus.

scholarly journals The Role of Samalas Mega Volcanic Eruption in European Summer Hydroclimate Change

Atmosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1182
Author(s):  
Bin Liu ◽  
Jian Liu ◽  
Liang Ning ◽  
Weiyi Sun ◽  
Mi Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volcanic Eruption ◽  
Summer Precipitation ◽  
Water Vapor Transport ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The South ◽  
European Continent ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The North

In this study, the role of AD 1258 Samalas mega volcanic eruption in the summer hydroclimate change over Europe and the corresponding mechanisms are investigated through multi-member ensemble climate simulation experiments based on the Community Earth System Model (CESM). The results show that the CESM simulations are consistent with the reconstructed Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and the historical records of European climate. Europe experiences significant summer cooling in the first three years after the Samalas mega volcanic eruption, peaking at −3.61 °C, −4.02 °C, and −3.21 °C in year 1 over the whole Europe, Southern Europe, and Northern Europe, respectively. The summer surface air temperature (SAT, °C) changes over the European continent are mainly due to the direct weakening of shortwave solar radiation induced by volcanic aerosol. The summer precipitation over the European continent shows an obvious dipole distribution characteristic of north-south reverse phase. The precipitation increases up to 0.42 mm/d in year 1 over Southern Europe, while it decreases by −0.28 mm/d in year 1 over Northern Europe, respectively. Both simulations and reconstructions show that the centers with the strongest increase in precipitation have always been located in the Balkans and Apennine peninsulas along the Mediterranean coast over Southern Europe, and the centers with the strongest precipitation reduction are mainly located in the British Isles and Scandinavia over northwestern Europe. The negative response of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) with significant positive sea level pressure (SLP) anomaly in the north and negative SLP anomaly in the south is excited in summer. The low tropospheric wind anomaly caused by the negative phase of NAO in summer affects the water vapor transport to Europe, resulting in the distribution pattern of summer precipitation in Europe, which is drying in the north and wetting in the south. The knowledge gained from this study is crucial to better understand and predict the potential impacts of single mega volcanic eruption on the future summer hydroclimate change in Europe.

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