Koro

This book provides a definitive account of koro, a topic of long-standing interest in the field of cultural psychiatry in which the patient displays a fear of the genitals shrinking and retracting. Written by Professor A.N. Chowdhury, a leading expert in the field, it provides a comprehensive overview of the cultural, historical and clinical significance of the condition that includes both cutting-edge critique and an analysis of research and accounts from the previous 120 years published literature. The book begins by outlining the definition, etymology of the term, and clinical features of koro as a culture-bound syndrome, and contextualizes the concept with reference to its historical origins and local experience in Southeast Asia, and its subsequent widespread occurrence in South Asia. It also critically examines the concept of culture-bound disorder and the development of the terminology, such as cultural concepts of distress, which is the term that is currently used in the DSM-5. Subsequent chapters elaborate the cultural context of koro in Chinese and South Asian cultures, including cultural symbolic analysis of associations with animals (fox and turtle) and phallic imagery based on troubling self-perceived aspects of body image that is central to the concept. The second section of the book offers a comprehensive, global literature review, before addressing the current status and relevance of koro, clinically relevant questions of risk assessment and forensic issues, and research methodology. This landmark work will provide a unique resource for clinicians and researchers working in cultural psychiatry, cultural psychology, anthropology, medical sociology, social work and psychosexual medicine.

Koro seems to have an unappetising remedy for everything, from blisters to blocked noses. But could his enthusiasm for Māori rongoa (medicine) turn out to be contagious? Includes brief factual information on Māori herbal remedies. Suggested level: junior, primary.

What is “KORO/ Genital Retraction Syndrome.”? mA Comprehensive Overview.  Koro is the fear of the genitals shrinking and retracting into the body. Koro is sometimes referred to as genital retraction syndrome. Females occasionally suffer from a variation of koro in which they believe that their nipples are retracting. Interestingly, koro often appears as an epidemic in which multiple cases are reported simultaneously within a specific geographic area. Cases of this fear have been reported around the world in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the U.S. The conclusion is that the psychological disappearance of the penis is a universal syndrome that was described recently in Asia and Africa and already in Medieval Europe. An attempt has been made in this Booklet to present a summarizing overview on ethnomedical aspects of koro (in Chinese called suoyang ), the panic anxiety state in which affected males believe that the penis is shrinking and/or retracting, and perhaps disappearing. …Dr. H. K. Saboowala. M.B.(Bom) .M.R.S.H.(London)

Teenage girl Yae and her mom are joined by two female lodgers for a hilarious journey of nothing in particular. This is a cute Seinfeld-esque comedy about the girls' everyday life. Stories are random, but Hai-Ran does a great job with building characters and relationships. The title Tori Koro comes from the tricolors of the national French banner (blue, white and red) that coincide with the character' mood.