Regional disturbances
Article Abstract:
Local influences that provoke specific forms of mental illness, such as "latah", a Malaysian condition similar to Tourette's syndrome, are examined. These conditions are know as culture-bound syndromes, defined as disorders arising from culture rather than pathology.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Dead men talking
Article Abstract:
University of Tennessee's anthropological research unit, since 1977, has maintained a field of decaying corpses next to the campus. Some two dozen corpses are studied as they progress through various stages of decay.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: The fossil frenzy. Migration of the melting pot. The little professor syndrome
- Abstracts: The technology. Lonely gay teen seeking same. Walking toward mindfulness
- Abstracts: The forensics of war. Addicted to danger
- Abstracts: The fish guy. The quest for the elusive morel. A 'barnstorming' weekend in Illinois
- Abstracts: The hills were alive...with the sound of George Cukor's parties. Is there a designer in the house?