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Cultural Concepts of Distress

Why Would You Ask That?

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Episode  ·  54:38  ·  Sep 8, 2026

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Part 3? Kind of. This episode is not about idioms but is from a question we received about "culture-bound syndromes" based on the idiom running amok from our Spilling the Beans episode. You don't need to have listened to parts 1 and 2 to understand this episode. It's all about how the term "culture-bound syndrome" was born and died in a flash. We take a look at what some of these syndromes were/are and what the APA is doing to fix their mistakes. From koro to bouffée délirante, join us in learning what binds us together in mental health awareness.CW: Mental Health Talk (the whole episode), Eating Disorders, Bugs on or in the body (briefly), Skin Picking (briefly), Exoticism/Othering in the Medical CommunityMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

54m 38s  ·  Sep 8, 2026

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