Continuing our series profiling the cultural concepts of distress included in DSM-5. Next up, Kufungisisa. Here's a quick summary, helpfully
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Kufungisisa, or "thinking too much," a disorder of distress reported by
the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The term represents both a cause of
conditions akin to anxiety and depression (eg, "my heart is painful
because I think too much") as well as an idiom of psychosocial
stressors, such as financial or marital problems. Symptoms can overlap
with several DSM diagnoses, including anxiety, panic disorders, and
depression. Ruminations and somatic symptoms may be addressed with
cognitive-behavioral psychotherapeutic approaches; otherwise, standard
treatments for anxiety or depression can be tried.
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