Suplemmentary Material: List of excluded articles

Individual case-reports

Chowdhury AN, Brahma A. A case of dhat syndrome with borderline personality disorder. Indian J Psychiatry 2004;46:373-374.

Raj AJ, Prasadarao PSDV, Raguram R. Cognitive behaviour therapy in Dhat Syndrome: A case study. Indian J Clin Psychol 1998;25:211-217.

Marilov VV. [Culturally determined Dhat syndrome]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2001;101:42-44.

Joshi VN, Money J. Dhat syndrome and dream in transcultural sexology. J Psychol Hum Sex 1995;7:95-99.

Singh G, Avasthi A, Pravin D. Dhat syndrome in a female- a case report. Indian J Psychiatry 2001;43:345-348.

El Hamad I, Scarcella C, Pezzoli MC, Bergamaschi V, Castelli F. Forty meals for a drop of blood. J Travel Med 2009;16:64-65.

Akhtar S. Four culture-bound psychiatric syndromes in India. International J Soc Psychiatry 1988;34:70-74.

Ashby J, Goldmeier D. Postorgasm illness syndrome—A spectrum of illnesses. J Sex Med 2010;7:1976-1981.

Author replies or correspondence

Gojanur N. The continuing story of dhat syndrome. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:261. Author reply.

Shankar BR, Gilligan D. The continuing story of dhat syndrome. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:261. Author reply.

Sumathipala A, Siribaddana SH, Bhugra D. 'Culture-bound syndromes: The story of dhat syndrome'. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:261. Author reply.

Gojanur N, Ismail K. 'Culture-bound syndromes: The story of dhat syndrome'. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:261. Author reply

Painuly N, Chakrabarti S, Ismail K. 'Culture-bound syndromes: The story of dhat syndrome'. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:261. Author reply.

Shankar BR, Gilligan D, Ismail K. 'Culture-bound syndromes: The story of dhat syndrome'. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185: 261. Author reply.

Ranjith G, Mohan R, Ismail K. Dhat syndrome: A functional somatic syndrome? Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:177.

Rajesh G, Jacob KS, Ismail K. Form-content dichotomy in psychopathology. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:520-521.

Bhugra D, Ismail K. Form-content dichotomy in psychopathology. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:520-521. Author reply.

Literature reviews

Sumathipala A, Siribaddana SH, Bhugra D. Culture-bound syndromes: the story of dhat syndrome. Br J Psychiatry 2004;184:200-9.

Mehta V, De A, Balachandran C. Dhat syndrome: a reappraisal. Indian J Dermatol 2009;54:89-90.

Malhotra HK, Wig NN. Dhat syndrome: a culture-bound sex neurosis of the orient. Arch Sex Behav 1975;4:519-528.

Dhikav V, Aggarwal N, AnandKS. Is Dhat syndrome, a culturally appropriate manifestation of depression? Med Hypotheses 2007;69:698.

Cheng TA. Symptomatology of minor psychiatric morbidity: a crosscultural comparison. Psychol Med 1989;19:697-708.

Lakhani A, Gandhi K, Collumbien M. Addressing semen loss concerns: towards culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS interventions in Gujarat, India. Reprod Health Matters 2001;9:49-59.

Prakash O, Meena K. Association between Dhat and loss of energy--a possible psychopathology and psychotherapy. Med Hypotheses. 2008;70(4):898-899.

Bottero A. Consumption by semen loss in India and elsewhere. Cult Med Psychiatry 1991;15:303-320.

Kuruppuarachchi KALA, Wijeratne LT. The continuing story of dhat syndrome. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:260.

Ranjith G, Mohan R. Dhat syndrome as a functional somatic syndrome: developing a sociosomatic model. Psychiatry 2006;69:142-150.

Bhatia MS, Choudhary S. Dhat syndrome--culture bound sex neurosis. Indian J Med Sci 1998;52:30-35.

Paris J. Dhat: The semen loss anxiety syndrome. Transcult Psychiatr Res Rev 1992;29:109-118.

Raguram R, Jadhav S, Weiss M. Historical perspectives on Dhat syndrome. NIMHANS Journal 1994;12:117-124.

Prakash O. Lessons for postgraduate trainees about Dhat syndrome. Indian J Psychiatry 2007;49:208-210.

Chaturvedi SK. Neurosis across cultures. Int Rev Psychiatr 1993;5:179-191.

Kulhara P, Avasthi A. Sexual dysfunction on the Indian subcontinent. Int Rev Psychiatr 1995;7:231-239.

Studies involving patients with an unclear diagnosis of Dhat

Mumford DB. The 'Dhat syndrome': a culturally determined symptom of depression? Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996;94:163-167.

Jadhav S. Dhis and Dhāt: Evidence of semen retention syndrome amongst white Britons. Anthropol Med 2007;14:229-239.

ChaturvediSK, Chandra PS, Isaac MK, Sudarshan CY. Is there a female dhat syndrome? NIMHANS Journal 1993;11:89-93.

Chaturvedi SK. Psychaesthenic syndrome related to leukorrhoea in Indian women. Psychosom Obstet Gynecol 1988;8:67-72.