- Title
- Case studies of brain fag syndrome in South Africa
- Creator
- Finnemore, Gerard le Cornu
- Subject
- Brain fag syndrome
- Subject
- Brain -- Diseases
- Date Issued
- 2001
- Date
- 2001
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:2977
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002486
- Identifier
- Brain fag syndrome
- Identifier
- Brain -- Diseases
- Description
- Against the background of culture bound syndromes and the universalism/relativism debate, this research set out to investigate the diagnosis of brain fag syndrome by examining case studies in a South African context. Diagnostic criteria were identified by way of an analysis of the symptoms reported by a convenience sample of 20 black students experiencing problems related to study. In-depth case studies were conducted with three of the participants from the sample who most thoroughly met the criteria for brain fag syndrome. In a comparison between the brain fag diagnoses and the DSM-IV diagnoses, it was established that while the DSM-IV was not without merit in a cross cultural context, cultural differences were found which suggested the usefulness of the brain fag syndrome diagnosis. A speculative statement on the universalism/relativism debate was proposed based on the principle of complementarity derived from Quantum physics.
- Format
- 158 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Finnemore, Gerard le Cornu
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