Culturally Specific Mental Illnesses

Disease is a biological condition that may be caused by a virus, a bacterium, a genetic condition, or an environmental pathogen. Illness, on the other hand, is a cultural interpretation of sickness. There may be diseases with no illness, as when ...

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