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Is there a mental disease associated with the want to commit cannibalism?
In some it is a sexual fetish.For others it is a domination behavior.It has also been a superstion of some tribal peoples that eating your enemies transfers their phsical prowess or bravery to the person that eats them. Physically , it can cause a type of prion disease , like BSE [Mad Cow ] , if your eat the brains.
Is cannibalism considered a mental disorder?
Cannibalism is not considered a mental disorder in and of itself. However, engaging in cannibalistic behavior can be a sign of severe mental illness, such as psychosis or a personality disorder. It is important to seek professional help if someone is experiencing urges or thoughts related to cannibalism.
What mental illnesses are associated with the inability to weigh future consequences of actions?
Huntington's Disease
What causes Kuru disease?
Kuru disease is caused by prion proteins found in contaminated human brain tissue. It is transmitted through ritualistic cannibalism practices, where consumption of infected brain tissue can lead to the development of the disease.
What drugs causes cannibalism?
Research in lab rats in the 70's showed that peyote induced biting attacks. Several psychoactive drugs such as hallucinogens can cause mental disorders which lead to such behaviors. But no, there is no crazy drug that just makes you wanna eat people.
How and where can you get an associated degree for mental health?
How and where can you get an associated degree for mental health?
What do you call someone who eats themselves?
It's called, Self-Cannibalism. It's a disease.
What are some mental diseases that begin with the letter A?
Alzheimer's disease is a mental disease. It destroys a person's memory and mental functions.
What mental disease do you have?
i don't have a disease, stalker!
Do humans become cannibals if they have mad cow disease?
No. Mad cow disease is the name of a syndrome in cattle consisting of a collection of neurologic deficits; it was given the formal name of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE. It is caused by a prion that can also infect humans and cause neurologic problems in humans, but these problems are things like difficulty walking, inability to speak or read, uncontrollable seizures or tremors, etc. However, there is a disease caused by prions associated with cannibalism. Kuru was transmitted by the ritual cannibalism of the dead members of an indiginous people, but did not cause the people to become cannibals. Once the tradition of cannibalism stopped, the people stopped getting kuru.
Is bisexuality considered a mental disease?
Love in general should be considered a mental disease, no matter you love.
What are some side effects of cannibalism?
Cannibalism can look odd by human standards, but in fact it's widespread in the animal kingdom, and also amongst many human populations in the past, and survived till the20th century in some areas of Central Africa, South America, New Guinea and Vanuatu. Because many infections pass from victims to consumers, diseases linked to cannibalism should be very common, fact that does not happen. This could be due to the fact that cannibals usually feed alone. "Maybe this is why cannibalism is no longer common among people as it was in the past, because of the strong negative effects it can have when transmitting a disease. Cannibalism has some diseases with it's practice. Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. It looks like a cow with mad cow disease.
