Prince, Raymond - In: Social Science & Medicine 21 (1985) 2, pp. 197-203
The concept 'culture-bound syndrome' (CBS) is elusive. In this paper an attempt has been made to tie the concept down more firmly by (a) proposing a strict definition, (b) examining the appropriateness of this definition in determining the CBS status of two new syndromes (anorexia nervosa and...