In medicine and medical anthropology, a<unk> ,<unk> -specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or<unk> . There are no objective biochemical or structural alterations of body organs or functions, and the disease is not recognized in other<unk> s. The term<unk>  was included in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) which also includes a list of the most common<unk><unk>  conditions (DSM-IV: Appendix I). Counterpart within the framework of ICD-10 (Chapter V) are the<unk> -specific disorders defined in Annex 2 of the Diagnostic criteria for research. More broadly, an endemic that can be attributed to certain behavior patterns within a specific<unk>  by suggestion may be referred to as a potential behavioral epidemic. As in the cases of drug use, or alcohol and smoking abuses, transmission can be determined by communal reinforcement and person-to-person interactions. On etiological grounds, it can be difficult to distinguish the causal contribution of<unk>  upon disease from other environmental factors such as toxicity.
Culture-bound syndrome
Macrophage activation syndrome
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Tertiary peritonitis
Hemolytic–uremic syndrome
Tumor lysis syndrome
Gulf War syndrome