castration anxiety
concepts
culture-bound syndromes
Koro is a Malay-Indonesian term meaning “turtle's head.” It describes a psychiatric, nonpsychotic syndrome involving an acute, panic-like anxiety about the penis receding into the abdomen. This is accompanied by belief that total disappearance of the penis will cause death. [Source: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology; Culture-Bound Syndromes: Koro]
koro