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Definition

When an individual becomes frightened and frenzied, believing they are being punished for some offense. They may believe they are witches and harming others without conscious intent - this may follow a difficult childbirth, the death or illness of an infant, or a physical illness with fever. The person may become withdrawn, hallucinate, dance and sing, tear at clothing and eat feces.

Description:Two types

• frenzied guilt-and-fear (FGF)
• depressive (DP)

Location

Ghana/West Africa

Symptoms

• hallucinations
• withdrawal
• hebephrenic behavior
• dancing
• singing
• tearing off clothes
• eating feces

Cause

This disorder is mainly in younger women who accuse themselves of being witches and will harm someone else without conscious intent. This is often followed by a difficult childbirth and subsequent illness or the death of an infant. Sometimes this disorder is proceeded with physical illness and fever.

References

1. http://www.crazymaddog.net/usual-types-of-insanity-all-over-the-globe Ashanti psychosis is very popular in Ghana, Western Africa. A person with this insanity often believe that they are being punished for certain kinds of things that they only know. 2. http://thesixteenproject.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/culture-bound-disorders/ With Anshanti psychosis crying,screaming, verbal aggression etc usually occur. These sympthoms are often associated with the U.S. mental illness tourettes. 3. http://faculty.valpo.edu/jnelson/CCWebPage/Notes/CBPPOL.html This disorder is mostly common in women which causes guilt, fear and depression. Patients often accuse themselves of being witches and harming someone else without conscious intent. 4. http://rjg42.tripod.com/culturebound_syndromes.htm This disorder may stem from a difficult childrbirth, the death or illness of an infant etc. The individual may hallucinate, tear at their clothing and eat feces. 5. http://fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com/269711.html The patient suffering from this disorder may become very hyper active and paranoid all at once. 6.http://faculty.valpo.edu/jnelson/CCWebPage/Notes/CBPPPP/sld001.htm Sometimes this psychosis is proceeded by a fear with a physical illness 7.http://faculty.valpo.edu/jnelson/CCWebPage/Notes/CBPPPP/sld006.htm 8.http://drandrewmacleanpagon.blogspot.com/2009/11/culture-bound-psychotic-disorders.html Women with this disorder become withdrawn from society and causes harm to oneself and others. 9. Medical Anthropology 13: http://www.scribd.com/doc/28408178/Medical-Anthropology-13