Related conditions in other cultural contexts: Nevra  among Greeks in North America,
nierbi  among Sicilians in North America, and nerves  among whites in Appalachia and
Newfoundland.
Related conditions in DSM-5: Major depressive disorder, peristent depressive disor-
der (dysthymia), generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, other specified or
unspecified dissociative disorder, soma tic symptom disorder, schizophrenia.
Shenjing shuairuo
Shenjing shuairuo  (“weakness of the nervous system” in  Mandarin Chines e) is a cultural
syndrome that integrates conceptual categori es of traditional Chinese medicine with the