Dhat Syndrome
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| F48.8 | Other neurotic disorders |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
When Dhat syndrome - after the ancient Indian Sanskrit -term "dhatu" for "Elixir of Life" - is the fearful notion that the seeds of losing his life energy - while conversely retention of ejaculation to a long life in health lead .
There is often a fear of pollution or a loss of semen through the urine , so that urine is often checked for cloudiness, which should give an indication of the feared semen loss.
This phenomenon is interpreted as a culturally conditioned sexual neurosis of the Indian subcontinent. In the context of tantric practices, dhat syndrome might appear in a different light at first glance. The key word, however, is fear - and it is primarily the doomed attempt to sustain one's life. Fear arises again and again because the patient knows this too, but repeatedly "denies" this knowledge.
The term was coined by Narendra Wig in 1960 .
Web links
- HK Malhotra, NN Wig: Dhat syndrome: a culture-bound sex neurosis of the orient. In: Archives of sexual behavior. Volume 4, Number 5, September 1975, pp. 519-528, ISSN 0004-0002 . PMID 1191004 .
- R. Dewaraja, Y. Sasaki: Semen-loss syndrome: a comparison between Sri Lanka and Japan. In: American journal of psychotherapy. Volume 45, Number 1, January 1991, pp. 14-20, ISSN 0002-9564 . PMID 2018192 .
