Ashanti Psychosis edit
Definition edit
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 The person may become withdrawn, hallucinate, dance and sing, tear at clothing and eat feces.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 edit
- frenzied guilt-and-fear (FGF)
- depressive (DP)
Location edit
Ghana/West Africa
Symptoms edit
- hallucinations
- withdrawal
- hebephrenic behavior
- dancing
- singing
- tearing off clothes
- eating feces
Cause edit
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 edit
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Women with this disorder become withdrawn from society and causes harm to oneself and others. 9.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