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Amok is the Malay word for "furious attack." Those afflicted by this disorder go through a period of depression followed by a sudden murderous frenzy. Their victims are not chosen; rather, it is whoever the person may come into contact wtih. Persons experiencing amok are usually killed in a type of 'murder-suicide'. Amok can be triggered by jealousy or perceived insult among other things. Definition: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=23464

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--- Ashanti Psychosis Description: Two types: (1) "frenzied guilt-and-fear" (FGF) and (2) depressive (DP), mostly affecting women.. Location: West Africa, e.g. Ghana FGF psychoses: begin with belief the person is being punished for some offense person becomes frightened and then frenzied. This is followed by a period of withdrawal, hallucinations, hebephrenic behavior, dancing, singing, tearing off clothes and eating feces. FGF psychoses were sometimes proceeded by a physical illness with fever DP patients: accused themselves of being witches and harming someone else without conscious intent. In younger women this often followed a difficult childbirth and subsequent illness or the death of an infant

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Ashanti Psychosis is a culture bound syndrome found in West Africa. There are two types of Ashanti Psychosis. The first type is "Frenzied guilt-and-fear" (FGF). Those with this particular type at one time believed they were being punished for some offense, afterwards becoming afraid. The person then exhibits hysterical behavior. Hallucinations, singing, dancing and other uncontrollable behaviors follow. The second type depressive (DP) is experienced mostly by women after a difficult childbirth that results in illness or the death of the child. They call themselves witches and claim they have hurt others wihout meaning to do so.