PSY112 L4 — Psychopathology & Psycho-medicine

Sikopatolohiya (Filipino Psychopathology)

• study of abnormal psychology within the Filipino context

• Culture-bound syndromes & different manifestations of mental disorders in PH

Culture-bound syndromes

• mental disorders that can only be found in the PHP or other nations w racial connections/ similar societies

Amok

• Austronesian mood disorder/ malayan mood disorder

• Person suddenly loses control of self

  • Goes into killing frenzy, hallucinates, falls into a trance

• No memory of event afterwards

Bangungot

• relatively common

• Person suddenly loses control of respiration and digestion

• Falls into a coma and dies

• Purported dreams of falling into the abyss

Brugada syndrome

• Syndrome from Thailand, possibly linked to Bangungot

• Ingestion of rice may also be associated w Bangungot

Less Violent

• manifestation of depression and schizophrenia in Filipinos are reported to be ___________

Sikomedikal na Sikolohiya (Filipino Psychomedicine)

• application of basic psychology to native healing practices loosely considered as medicine

Faith Healers, Babaylan/ Katalonan

• Practitioners closely related to sikomedikal na sikolohiya

Hilot

• use of massage to aid a pregnant mother in the delivery of her child

Kulam

• use of voodoo of a mambabarang to conjure up a spell to be recited while piercing a rag doll

• Causes the target sickness

Lihi

• intense craving for something/ someone during pregnancy

• If craving isnt satisfied, may result to abnormality in child

Pasma

• init + lamig = illness; especially rheumatism

• a concept

Susto

• soul flight

• Derived from Latin American traditions

Usog

• a baby who has been greeted by a stranger acquires a mysterious illness

• Concept derived from Spanish tradition of Mal de Ojo

Gabaa/ Gabâ

• Cebuano concept of negative karma

Pagtatawas

• method of diagnosing illness

• Tawas (alum) ritualistically used by albularyo to diagnose health conditions

Tawas/ Alum

• used to cross the forehead or other suspicious ailing parts of the body while bulong (prayers/ oracion) are whispered

Shape

• tawas is transferred to hot embers then to some water

• the tawas’ _______ after it cools suggests the cause of the illness

Water

• The ______ used in pagtatawas is used to anoint the ailing parts of body to counteract evil forces/ illness

Na-nuno, na-kulam, na-demonyo

• dwarves, devils, or other evil spirits

• Indigenous forces thought to be the causes of illness

Westward at the Setting Sun

• after pagtatawas, the tawas/ alum is thrown _______