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Kyol Goeu(‘Wind Overload’) Part I: A Cultural Syndrome of Orthostatic Panic among Khmer Refugees

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: Certain cultural syndromes seem to increase the risk of panic attacks by generating catastrophic cognitions about symptoms of autonomic arousal. These schemas create a constant anxious scanning of the body, hence facilitating, maintaining, and producing panic. As a case in point, a Khmer fainting syndrome,'wind overload' (kyol goeu), results in dire expectations concerning the autonomic symptoms experienced upon standing, thus contributing to the high rate of orthostatically induced panic observed in this population.

Source: Transcultural Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1177/136346150103800401

Authors: Devon Hinton, Khin Um, Phalnarith Ba

Institution: Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health