Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Foreword xiii
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgments xxi
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. Part I. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Panic Disorder
9. 2. Theoretical Perspectives on the Cross-Cultural Study of Panic Disorder 31
10. 3. A Medical Anthropology of Panic Sensations 57
11. Part II. Historical Perspectives on Western Panic
12. 4. The Irritable Heart Syndrome in the American Civil War 85
13. 5. Twentieth-Century Theories of Panic in the United States 113
14. Part III. Cultural Variations in Panic Disorder
15. 6. Comparative Phenomenology of ‘Ataques de Nervios,’ Panic Attacks, and Panic Disorder 135
16. 7. Dizziness and Panic in China 157
17. 8. Gendered Panic in Southern Thailand 183
18. 9. ‘Ihahamuka,’ a Rwandan Syndrome of Response to the Genocide 205
19. 10. Panic Illness in Tibetan Refugees 230
20. Index 263