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2015-07-01

Chundú o pusana mala : presentación de un caso de un posible síndrome psiquiátrico cultural no reconocido

Chundu or pusana mala: Case report of a possible non recognized culture-bound syndrome

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Psiquiatría, Trastornos psicóticos/etnología, Antropología médica, Trastornos mentales/etnología, Hechicería/psicología, Colombia/etnología (es)
Psychiatry, Psychotic disorders/ethnology, Anthropology Medical, Mental disorders/ethnology, Magic/psychology, Colombia/ethnology (en)

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  • Edward Julián Bravo-Naranjo Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

Los síndromes psiquiátricos culturales implican un grupo de manifestaciones sintomáticas que son identificadas como un trastorno específico en un contexto sociocultural limitado y que pueden o no corresponder a categorías diagnósticas más universales. En Latinoamérica, se han descrito los ataques de nervios, el susto y el mal de ojo como los más frecuentes, figurando en el DSM-IV, DSM-5 y en el GLADP. El presente caso describe los síntomas experimentados por una mujer de 19 años proveniente de la familia indígena Yucuna de la Amazonía colombiana, con un cuadro de ansiedad y alucinaciones que más adelante fue identificado como chundú o pusana mala, un trastorno asociado a la magia de amor hasta ahora no descrito en la literatura científica.

Culture-bound syndromes encompass certain symptoms that are identified as a specific illness in a certain cultural context and might be related or not to a more universal diagnostic category. Some of these syndromes have been described in Latin America, such as ataque de nervios, susto and mal de ojo, which are included in the DSM-IV, DSM-5 and LAGPD. This case describes the symptoms experimented by a 19-year-old indigenous woman from the Amazonian Yucuna ethnic group. Her condition was characterized by anxiety and visual hallucinations identified later as chundú or pusana mala, a culture-bound syndrome associated with love magic that has not been described in the scientific literature.

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