Culture-Bound Mental Illness Affects Many Mexicans

Bender, Eve

doi:10.1176/pn.38.1.0017

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“…The Mexicans of Kumiai in Baja California believe that anger or rage can be a cause of high blood pressure 15 . Mexicans from Oaxaca consider anger a cause of illness, such as heart disease and diabetes 16 . The illness depends upon where in the body the anger falls (ie, is experienced).…”

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“…Some village women wear belts under their dresses; they believe that the practice keeps the anger in the stomach area and prevents it from traveling to a person’s heart, where it can cause death. In addition, some believe that anger can be transmitted from person to person and result in disease 16 . Because of these fears, daily frustrations may often not be expressed or resolved.…”

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“…Mexican American women may feel that suppressing anger is more appropriate and may feel guilty if feelings are outwardly manifested. Women in Mexico are more susceptible than men to experiencing anger as a somatic experience (eg, described as headache or diarrhea) 16 . Perhaps the taboo against expressing anger and the fear that its contagion will harm someone is strong enough to alter physiologic pathways that can lead to negative CV consequences; clearly, the outward expression of some degree of anger is inevitable and may cause guilt and distress.…”

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“…15 Mexicans from Oaxaca consider anger a cause of illness, such as heart disease and diabetes. 16 The illness depends upon where in the body the anger falls (ie, is experienced). Some village women wear belts under their dresses; they believe that the practice keeps the anger in the stomach area and prevents it from traveling to a person's heart, where it can cause death.…”

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“…In addition, some believe that anger can be transmitted from person to person and result in disease. 16 Because of these fears, daily frustrations may often not be expressed or resolved. Among Mexicans who have emigrated to the United States, such traditional beliefs may persist and be a factor in uniting and supporting the community in a new and nonwelcoming culture.…”

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Anger Types: Heritability and Relation to Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and Left Ventricular Mass

Gleiberman

Greenwood

Luke

et al. 2008

J of Clinical Hypertension

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The relationship between anger and cardiovascular morbidity has not been investigated among Mexican Americans. This exploratory study examined the heritability of anger types and their relationship to cardiovascular variables in samples of unrelated and related Mexican Americans residing near Chicago, Illinois. All of the anger variables of the Spielberger Anger Expression Scale (in, out, control, total expression) had significant heritabilities. Using the total sample of related individuals, higher female anger‐out scores were associated with greater left ventricular mass after correction for height to the 2.7 power (LVM/HT 2.7 ), systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. Females had positive, significant associations for body mass index with LVM/HT 2.7 , systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure; among males, these variables were similarly but less strongly related. Anger (coraje in Spanish) is discussed in the context of folk medicine as a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity.

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