Psychopathology & Medicine

Filipino Psychopathology

is the study of Abnormal Psychology in the Filipino context

psicopatologia

Filipino Psychopathology sikopatolohiya in Filipino, from Spanish ____________

Filipino Psychopathology

refers to the different manifestations of mental disorders in Filipino people

Depression, Schizophrenia

One example of such is the manifestation of ______ and ___________ in Filipinos, which are for the most part, less violent

Culture-bound Syndromes

A combination of psychiatric & somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society/culture

disease

Characteristics of CBS

➤Categorization as a ______ in the culture (not a voluntary behavior/false claim)

familiarity

Characteristics of CBS

➤Widespread ________ in the culture

biochemical or tissue abnormalities

Characteristics of CBS

➤No objectively demonstrable ________ or ________ (signs)

folk medicine

Characteristics of CBS

➤The condition is usually recognized and treated by the ___________ of the culture

Amok

A Malayan mood disorder, more aptly called 'Austronesian Mood Disorder'

running amok

The phrase "__________" was popularized by Captain James Cook in 1772.

afflicted person

AMOK frenzy usually ends with the ___________ - it is almost always a man being killed by the authorities or outraged onlookers

evil tiger spirit

Amok is a Malay word and the traditional belief was that the afflicted person had been possessed by an _________

South East Asia

In more recent years, the idea that amok is restricted to____________ has crumbled. The rising rates of indiscriminate killings at the hands of seemingly deranged individuals has reignited questions about the geography of the condition.

undiagnosed or untreated psychiatric condition.

An article published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry argues that amok should be considered the possible outcome of an _____________

Amok

The CHARACTERISTICS associated with this contemporary conceptualization of ________ anger, depression, antisocial personality, significant personal losses, hopelessness & revenge

Usog

Primarily affects infants and young children who have been greeted by a stranger; once affected, the child may develop fever and convulsions

extremely stressed

The only scientific explanation for USOG may be that the child becomes __________ by the stranger, resulting in extreme physical symptoms

Pasma

The concept of init (heat) and lamig (cold) and how the blending of these two can result in illnesses, especially rheumatism

rheumatism

Pasma can result in ilnesses especially _________

Lanti

a Bisayan Filipino illness that results when one is either directly or indirectly frightened

Lanti

The patient may be startled or another member of the family is frightened.

child

In the latter instance, since a mystical bond connects these two persons, the emotional shock of LANTI is transferred to the____, resulting in sickness

Bangungot

A relatively common occurrence in which a person suddenly loses control of his respiration and digestion, and falls into a coma and ultimately to death.

Thailand's Brugada syndrome

Bangungot syndrome has been repeatedly linked to _________________ and ingestion of rice. However, no such medical ties have been noted.

Filipino Psychomedicine

is the application of basic psychology to native healing practices loosely considered as 'medicine

babaylan or katalonan

These practices are closely tied to the faith healers, as well as to the native pagan priestesses like the ______or_______, who were exterminated by the Spaniards during their colonization of the Philippines

Albularyo

are considered general practitioners

god or spirits

The Albularyo has a fervent religiosity, what guides him in his healing practices?

prayers, bulongs, rituals

What do Albularyo profusely infused with good doses in healing practices

• hilot

• kulam

• lihi

• tawas

Psychomedicine Practices (4)

Hilot

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

Kulam

The use of voodoo of a mambabarang to conjure up a spell, which she is to recite while piercing the body of a ragdoll, supposedly representing that of the person she is to cause sickness.

body of a ragdoll

What do Mambabarangs pierce in KULAM?

Lihi

Intense craving from something or someone during pregnancy

abnormalities of a child

Faith healers or manghihilot testify that if the craving was not followed, what may result?

Tawas

a popular diagnostic ritual performed by most alternative healers that serves in providing clues as to the nature and cause of the illness

Tawas

refers to a diagnostic ritual or procedure, utilizing a variety of materials: candles, eggs, mirrors, plain paper, cigarette rolling-paper, alum

traditional methods

When medical science in the world of the living cannot cure unexplainable conditions, Filipinos resort to __________________, reaching out to the spiritual world in various ways