From: Concepts of madness in diverse settings: a qualitative study from the INTREPID project
Chengalpet | Ibadan | Tunapuna-Piarco |
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• gunam marattam (a change in behavior that is not acceptable or is different from usual behaviours) • loosu (a colloquial term-possibly from the English word, loose-meaning can range from someone who is stupid to someone who is mentally ill.) • mad • manaa kolaaru (a problem with the mind) • manaa kulapam/kozhapum (confusion in the mind) • manaa maarudhal (a change of mind in decisions related to any activity) • manaa nalam baathika pattavar (a person whose mental wellness has been affected-often used in context of a precipitating event) • manaa nellai seri illathavar (someone whose state of mind is not alright) • manaa noi (mental illness) • manaa noiali (mentally ill) • manasu kattupai (mental irritation) • manasu seri illathevur (one who is mentally not well) • manavalarchi kundriyavar (one who’s growth of mind is retarded)b • mental • mentally affected • moolai valarchi kummi (poor growth in mental functioning)b • moolai valarchi illathavar (someone who does not have adequate growth of the mind)b • narambhu thalarchi (“nerve weakness,” a term preferable to one that indicates mental illness). • noi vandhirichi (one who is affected by an illness) • paithiyam (colloquial term for being mad/crazy) • pazhuthugal (word most commonly used to imply repairs in machinery. In this context it could mean a reference to the mind being in “repair.”) • psycho (colloquial term) | • abisinwin (going mad after giving birth) • afise (externally induced act or predicament) • aisan (sickness/illness of the brain) • alanganna (a person with odd/abnormal behaviour) • alarun opolo (person with mental disease) • arun apolo (brain sickness) • asinwin (insane/madness) • crazy • didinrin/odoyo (imbecile/fool) • elesimirin (mentally retarded) • mad • ode ori (hunter of the head) • oku oru (in the dead of night) • schizophrenia • iwin (spirit creature) • siwin (being mildly insane) • warapa (epilepsy) • were (mad person/madness) • were kannakanna (mad, psychotic) • were onigbo (madness in which the person wants to be isolated) • ya were tan (gone completely mad) | • altered state • anxiety • attacks • breaking down • challenged • crack up • crazy • curious • demonic possession • depression • dunce • dysfunctional • emotional problem • foolish • going out of mind • gone off • loco • lose their minds • mad • madman • madness • mental disorder • mental problem • mentally sick • mentally unstable • nerves gone bad • not whole within • oppression • psychological problem • schizophrenia • sickness • spiritual problem • spiritually affected • spiritually disturbed/spiritual disturbance • strange • stressed • trip off • eh bête |