Hwabyeong, also spelled hwapyong, is a Korean somatization disorder that arises when people are unable to confront anger stemming from conditions they perceive as unfair; it is recognized as a Korean culture-bound syndrome, and its colloquial name refers to the disorder's underlying cause rather than to its symptoms or apparent characteristics. One survey found that 4.1 percent of the general population in a rural area of South Korea reported having hwabyeong, and the condition is considered similar to amok.
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- Wikipedia Hwabyeong lead paragraph: Korean somatization disorder arising from suppressed anger
- Wikipedia Hwabyeong lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)
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Hwabyeong was first discussed in 1967 and 1970, and surveys of the illness were done in rural areas in 1975.
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Hwabyeong or Hwapyŏng (Korean: 화병; Hanja: 火病) is a Korean somatization disorder, a mental illness that arises when people are unable to confront their anger as a result of conditions that they perceive to be unfair.
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