Zâr: Cultural beliefs, symptoms, and healing ritual anthropological study of a cultural mental disorder
Culture & Psychology January 22, 2025 F. Saki
Zâr is one of the culture-bound syndromes mentioned for the first time in DSM-IV. Zâr is believed to be an evil spirit or wind that possesses people, causing various mental symptoms. Those affected rarely seek psychological help, believing the illness is of supernatural origin, with its cultural basis remaining largely unknown. The DSM removed this syndrome in subsequent editions, reasoning...