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. 1990 Apr:156:577-9.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.156.4.577.

Dhat syndrome. A sex neurosis of the Indian subcontinent

R K Chadda  1 , N Ahuja
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Dhat syndrome. A sex neurosis of the Indian subcontinent

R K Chadda et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Apr.

Abstract

Dhat syndrome is a culture-bound sex neurosis of the Indian subcontinent. Fifty-two patients with a presenting complaint of passage of 'Dhat' in urine were studied. Diagnosis of neurotic depression, anxiety neurosis, hypochondriacal neurosis, and psychogenic impotence were made in 21, 19, 3, and 1 cases respectively. Seven patients received the diagnosis of pure Dhat syndrome, and one of gonorrhoea.

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