Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for FREE ACCESS to this landmark database

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Transcultural Psychiatry
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Hinton, D.
Right arrow Articles by Ba, P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Hinton, D.
Right arrow Articles by Ba, P.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Kyol Goeu(‘Wind Overload’) Part I: A Cultural Syndrome of Orthostatic Panic among Khmer Refugees

Devon Hinton

Harvard University

Khin Um

Arbour Counseling Services, Lowell, Massachusetts

Phalnarith Ba

North Suffolk Counseling Services, Revere, Massachusetts

Certain cultural syndromes seem to increase the risk of panic attacks by generating catastrophic cognitions about symptoms of autonomic arousal. These schemas create a constant anxious scanning of the body, hence facilitating, maintaining, and producing panic. As a case in point, a Khmer fainting syndrome,‘wind overload’ (kyol goeu), results in dire expectations concerning the autonomic symptoms experienced upon standing, thus contributing to the high rate of orthostatically induced panic observed in this population.

Key Words: cultural syndromes • Khmer • mental health • panic disorder • traditional healing

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 38, No. 4, 403-432 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/136346150103800401
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
S. James, M. Fernandes, G. S. Navara, S. Harris, and D. Foster
Problemas de Nervos: A Multivocal Symbol of Distress for Portuguese Immigrants
Transcultural Psychiatry, June 1, 2009; 46(2): 285 - 299.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 FocusHome page
S. E. Hobfoll, P. Watson, C. C. Bell, R. A. Bryant, M. J. Brymer, M. J. Friedman, M. Friedman, B. P.R. Gersons, J. T.V.M d. Jong, C. M. Layne, et al.
Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid-Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence
Focus, April 1, 2009; 7(2): 221 - 242.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. E. Hinton, D. Howes, and L. J. Kirmayer
Toward a Medical Anthropology of Sensations: Definitions and Research Agenda
Transcultural Psychiatry, June 1, 2008; 45(2): 142 - 162.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. E. Hinton, L. Hinton, M. Tran, M. Nguyen, L. Nguyen, C. Hsia, and M. H. Pollack
Orthostatic Panic Attacks Among Vietnamese Refugees
Transcultural Psychiatry, December 1, 2007; 44(4): 515 - 544.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. E. Hinton, V. Pich, D. Chhean, and M. H. Pollack
'The Ghost Pushes You Down': Sleep Paralysis-Type Panic Attacks in a Khmer Refugee Population
Transcultural Psychiatry, March 1, 2005; 42(1): 46 - 77.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. Hinton, V. Pich, D. Chhean, and M. Pollack
Olfactory-Triggered Panic Attacks among Khmer Refugees: A Contextual Approach
Transcultural Psychiatry, June 1, 2004; 41(2): 155 - 199.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. Hinton, S. Hinton, T. Pham, H. Chau, and M. Tran
`Hit by the Wind' and Temperature-Shift Panic among Vietnamese Refugees
Transcultural Psychiatry, September 1, 2003; 40(3): 342 - 376.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Br. J. PsychiatryHome page
K. BHUI, S. MOHAMUD, N. WARFA, T. J. CRAIG, and S. A. STANSFELD
Cultural adaptation of mental health measures: improving the quality of clinical practice and research
The British Journal of Psychiatry, September 1, 2003; 183(3): 184 - 186.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. Hinton, S. Hinton, K. Um, A. Chea, and S. Sak
The Khmer 'Weak Heart' Syndrome: Fear of Death from Palpitations
Transcultural Psychiatry, September 1, 2002; 39(3): 323 - 344.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
P. Bracken
Cultural Syndromes and Cognitive Psychology
Transcultural Psychiatry, June 1, 2002; 39(2): 214 - 219.
[PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. Hinton
'Wind Overload' and Orthostatic Panic among Khmer Refugees
Transcultural Psychiatry, June 1, 2002; 39(2): 220 - 227.
[PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
D. Hinton, K. Um, and P. Ba
Kyol Goeu('Wind Overload') Part II: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Mechanisms ofKyol Goeu and Near-Kyol GoeuEpisodes of Khmer Patients Attending a Psychiatric Clinic
Transcultural Psychiatry, December 1, 2001; 38(4): 433 - 460.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Transcultural PsychiatryHome page
R. J. Mcnally
Kyol Goeu('Wind Overload') in Traumatized Cambodians: A Variant of Panic Disorder?
Transcultural Psychiatry, December 1, 2001; 38(4): 477 - 480.
[PDF]