According to Wikipedia, symptoms of Latah include screaming, increased heart rate, sweating, and "trance-like behavior" or as Western cultures like to call it, "dissociation." Also noted by Wikipedia is that Latah is now listed in the DSM as "'Other Specified' and 'Unspecified' Dissociative Disorders." even though the psychiatry field has stated in the past that culture is a major factor when it comes to diagnosing people (Wikipedia).
Although psychiatrists claim they do not diagnose culture customs as mental illnesses, a fact noted by Wikipedia is that Latah is now listed in the DSM as "“Other Specified” and “Unspecified” Dissociative Disorders." although they have stated in the past that culture is a huge factor when it comes to diagnosing people. Also, in cases that the psychiatric field states that Latah is an illness that should be fixed it shows that psychiatric field is pushing our culture and their ideal human behaviors upon other cultures.
Robert Bartholomew agrees that psychiatry can be misleading and be ill-informed of diagnosing people with an illness due to cultural differences. (Bartholomew. n.d). Psychiatry repeatedly prescribes medicines, trying to "fix" someone that doesn't conform to our culture due to negligence education of another culture although they claim to be supportive of different cultures.
According to David Aberle, symptoms of Latah include mirroring peers, a symptom of numerous personality disorders in the DSM including BPD. This is not to say that Latah is equivalent to BPD, but that other cultures have behaviors that the psychiatric field marks as "diseases" that mimic disorders that are in the DSM. If Latah is not seen as a mental illness, but a cause of culture by the psychiatric field in the US and other countries then how can they say that BPD and anxiety are illnesses when they share similar symptoms.
All humans share similar behaviors, some people mimic others and get nervous easily, but that is what makes us all unique in our own way. Instead of telling people they mimic others, or they are too scared all the time lets look at it as people mimic others to try to feel closer to them and people scare easily because they are simply more alert than other people.
Robert Bartholomew agrees that psychiatry can be misleading and be ill-informed of diagnosing people with an illness due to cultural differences. (Bartholomew. n.d). Psychiatry repeatedly prescribes medicines, trying to "fix" someone that doesn't conform to our culture due to negligence education of another culture although they claim to be supportive of different cultures.
According to David Aberle, symptoms of Latah include mirroring peers, a symptom of numerous personality disorders in the DSM including BPD. This is not to say that Latah is equivalent to BPD, but that other cultures have behaviors that the psychiatric field marks as "diseases" that mimic disorders that are in the DSM. If Latah is not seen as a mental illness, but a cause of culture by the psychiatric field in the US and other countries then how can they say that BPD and anxiety are illnesses when they share similar symptoms.
All humans share similar behaviors, some people mimic others and get nervous easily, but that is what makes us all unique in our own way. Instead of telling people they mimic others, or they are too scared all the time lets look at it as people mimic others to try to feel closer to them and people scare easily because they are simply more alert than other people.
References
Robert Bartholomew, R. (n.d.). Research. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from http://robertebartholomew.com/index.php/research
Young, T. (n.d.). Latah Syndrome in Malaysia and Indonesia. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp204-us13/2013/07/19/latah-syndrome-in-malaysia-and-indonesia/
Aberle, D. F. (2012, April 30). Section of Anthropology: “Arctic Hysteria” and Latah in Mongolia. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2164-0947.1952.tb01125.x/full
Vaughanbell. (2009, September 07). Latah and the rules of rule breaking. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from https://mindhacks.com/2009/09/07/latah-and-the-rules-of-rule-breaking/
Wikipedia. (2017, March 10). Latah. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latah
[Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology through Film] by Karl G. Heider (2nd ed.) (2001)
Robert Bartholomew, R. (n.d.). Research. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from http://robertebartholomew.com/index.php/research
Young, T. (n.d.). Latah Syndrome in Malaysia and Indonesia. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp204-us13/2013/07/19/latah-syndrome-in-malaysia-and-indonesia/
Aberle, D. F. (2012, April 30). Section of Anthropology: “Arctic Hysteria” and Latah in Mongolia. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2164-0947.1952.tb01125.x/full
Vaughanbell. (2009, September 07). Latah and the rules of rule breaking. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from https://mindhacks.com/2009/09/07/latah-and-the-rules-of-rule-breaking/
Wikipedia. (2017, March 10). Latah. Retrieved May 08, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latah
[Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology through Film] by Karl G. Heider (2nd ed.) (2001)