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The term culture-bound syndrome denotes recurrent, locality-specific patterns of aberrant behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM-IV diagnostic category. Many of these patterns are indigenously considered to be illnesses, or at least afflictions, and most have local names.
Background. Dhat syndrome is a widely recognized clinical condition often seen on the Indian subcontinent that is characterized by a preoccupation with semen loss in urine and other symptoms such as fatigue or depressed mood.hat syndrome is currently classified as a culture-bound syndrome in DSM-IV-R, although the diagnostic criteria may change in the future. Indeed, a debate is underway about the suitability of considering culture-bound syndromes as specific illnesses.