Term Broader Term-Narrower Term Specialisations Generalisation Broader Narrower Synonym Preferred Term Non-Preferred Term Scope Note Susto Os pacientes acreditam que o “susto” altera o estado do corpo, deixando a pessoa mais vulnerável a várias doenças, inclusive câncer (Moon, 1984) e diabetes (Poss e Jezewski, 2002). Estudos demonstraram que o “susto” está significativamente associado ao estresse e aos sintomas depressivos (Weller et al., 2008). O “espante” tem muitas dessas manifestações, mas não parece ser tão grave porque não foi associado a resultados tão ruins. Tanto no “espante” quanto no “susto”, há menções de ter a alma (ou sombra) roubada por animais ou forças sobrenaturais (Thomas et al., 2009). [português]

‘Susto’ is believed by the patients to change the bodily state, leaving the person more vulnerable to several illnesses including cancer (Moon, 1984) and diabetes (Poss and Jezewski, 2002). Studies have shown ‘susto’ to be significantly associated with stress and depressive symptoms (Weller et al., 2008). “Espante” has many of these manifestations but does not seem to be so serious because it has not been associated with such bad outcomes. In both “espante” and ‘susto’, there are mentions of having the soul (or shadow) stolen by animals or supernatural forces (Thomas et al., 2009). [inglês]

PAGANI, E.; SANTOS, J. F. L.; RODRIGUES, E. Culture-Bound Syndromes of a Brazilian Amazon Riverine population: Tentative correspondence between traditional and conventional medicine terms and possible ethnopharmacological implications. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, v. 203, n. 1, p. 80–89, 5 maio 2017.

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