Latah syndrome

Also known as: Startle-induced echolalia

Exaggerated startle with echolalia and coprolalia in Southeast Asia.

Medical specialty: Psychiatry
Subspecialty: Psychiatry / Culture-bound syndromes
Sex & age distribution: Male: rare; Female: affected, middle-aged women; Children: no
Gene(s) involved: None recorded

Etiology & mechanism

Culture-bound startle syndrome.

Gene(s) involved (0)

No gene recorded.

Symptoms & signs (5)

automatic obediencecoprolaliaecholaliaechopraxiaexaggerated startle

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