Just for posterity, here's the DSM-IV entry for amok:
A dissociative episode characterized by a period of brooding followed by an
outburst of violent, aggressive, or homicidal behavior directed at people and
objects. The episode tends to be precipitated by a perceived slight or insult
and seems to be prevalent only among males. The episode is often accompanied by
persecutory ideas, automatism, amnesia, exhaustion, and a return to premorbid
state following the episode. Some instances of amok may occur during a brief
psychotic episode or constitute the onset or an exacerbation of a chronic
psychotic process. The original reports that used this term were from Malaysia.
A similar behavior pattern is found in Laos, Philippines, Polynesia (cafard or
cathard), Papua New Guinea, and Puerto Rico (mal de pelea), and among the
Navajo (iich’aa).
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On 01/04/2016 12:26 PM, glen wrote:
Yes, it's in DSM-IV, just not 5, as far as I can tell.
On 01/04/2016 12:10 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
Really, Glen. NOT in the DSM-IV or V? Did you try "amuck". That seems to be
the culturally appropriate spelling for Malaysia, anyway. It would be nice not to be
wrong about everything.
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⇔ glen
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