Koro and Schizophrenia in Singapore
- 2 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 150 (1) , 106-107
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.150.1.106
Abstract
A case of Koro is described in an elderly person with associated inguinal hernia and schizophrenia. Its aetiology and origin are traced in Chinese culture, to the Chin Dynasty. A nosology for the classification of Koro Syndrome is proposed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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