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Castration anxiety complex

MedGen UID:: 1998
•Concept ID:: C0003476
•: Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

Synonyms:	Anxiety, Castration; Castration Anxiety; Castration Complex; Castration Complices; Complex, Castration; Complices, Castration
SNOMED CT:	Castration anxiety complex (304896009)

Definition

Anxiety due to fantasized injuries to or loss of the genitals. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVCastration anxiety complex

Abnormal nervous system physiology
- Abnormality of mental function
  - Abnormal experience of reality
    - Abnormal judgment
      - Maladaptive fear-related cognitions
        Anxiety
        Castration anxiety complex
        Koro

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer patients' experience with Radium-223 treatment in Japan.

Akakura K, Uemura H, Kawakami S, Yokomizo A, Nakamura M, Nishimura K, Komori T, Ledesma DA
Future Oncol 2024 Apr;20(12):781-798. Epub 2024 Jan 26 doi: 10.2217/fon-2023-0870. PMID: 38275149

Hot Flashes: Clinical Summary of the ONS Guidelines™ for Cancer Treatment-Related Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer and Men With Prostate Cancer.

Kaplan M, Mahon SM, Lubejko BG, Ginex PK
Clin J Oncol Nurs 2020 Aug 1;24(4):430-433. doi: 10.1188/20.CJON.430-433. PMID: 32678368

Clinical course and treatment outcome of Koro: A follow up study from a Koro epidemic reported from West Bengal, India.

Dan A, Mondal T, Chakraborty K, Chaudhuri A, Biswas A
Asian J Psychiatr 2017 Apr;26:14-20. Epub 2016 Dec 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2016.12.016. PMID: 28483078

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

"How His Hair is Growing Thin!": On the Emotional Significance of Male Pattern Hair Loss.

Wooldridge T
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 2023 Apr;71(2):215-236. doi: 10.1177/00030651231170529. PMID: 37357928

Castration anxiety.

Appel JM
J Bioeth Inq 2012 Mar;9(1):85-91. Epub 2011 Dec 22 doi: 10.1007/s11673-011-9341-z. PMID: 23180204

Castration anxiety and phobias.

Cogan R, Larrabee LK, Wyatt IM, Ontiberoz A, Waters SK, Werner ML, Miller AL, Lovelady AC, Hurt TJ, Hardin ED 3rd, Gonzalez PM
Psychol Rep 2002 Dec;91(3 Pt 2):1244-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3f.1244. PMID: 12585544

A critical review of Chinese Koro.

Cheng ST
Cult Med Psychiatry 1996 Mar;20(1):67-82. doi: 10.1007/BF00118751. PMID: 8740959

Vasectomy.

Qureshi F
Aust Fam Physician 1984 Oct;13(10):734-5, 737. PMID: 6508643

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Diagnosis

Sexual differentiation of neural mechanisms of stress sensitivity during puberty.

Wright EC, Luo PX, Zakharenkov HC, Serna Godoy A, Lake AA, Prince ZD, Sekar S, Culkin HI, Ramirez AV, Dwyer T, Kapoor A, Corbett C, Tian L, Fox AS, Trainor BC
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023 Oct 24;120(43):e2306475120. Epub 2023 Oct 17 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2306475120. PMID: 37847733 Free PMC Article

Conceptual assessment of HRQOL among Japanese non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) patients.

Nishimura K, Shiota M, Eto M, Satoh T, Stroupe A, Seo C, Uzumcu A, Ledesma DA
Cancer Med 2023 Jan;12(2):1762-1778. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1002/cam4.4955. PMID: 35770744 Free PMC Article

Castration anxiety and phobias.

A critical review of Chinese Koro.

Cheng ST
Cult Med Psychiatry 1996 Mar;20(1):67-82. doi: 10.1007/BF00118751. PMID: 8740959

Castration.

Rangell L
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 1991;39(1):3-23. doi: 10.1177/000306519103900101. PMID: 2026855

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Therapy

Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer patients' experience with Radium-223 treatment in Japan.

Akakura K, Uemura H, Kawakami S, Yokomizo A, Nakamura M, Nishimura K, Komori T, Ledesma DA
Future Oncol 2024 Apr;20(12):781-798. Epub 2024 Jan 26 doi: 10.2217/fon-2023-0870. PMID: 38275149

Symptoms and Impacts in Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Qualitative Study Findings.

Tomaszewski EL, Moise P, Krupnick RN, Downing J, Meyer M, Naidoo S, Holmstrom S
Patient 2017 Oct;10(5):567-578. doi: 10.1007/s40271-017-0227-y. PMID: 28285412 Free PMC Article

Castration anxiety.

Appel JM
J Bioeth Inq 2012 Mar;9(1):85-91. Epub 2011 Dec 22 doi: 10.1007/s11673-011-9341-z. PMID: 23180204

Vasectomy.

Qureshi F
Aust Fam Physician 1984 Oct;13(10):734-5, 737. PMID: 6508643

Hormone therapy and affect.

Dennerstein L, Burrows GD, Hyman GJ, Sharpe K
Maturitas 1979 Jun;1(4):247-59. doi: 10.1016/0378-5122(79)90015-x. PMID: 399315

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Prognosis

Sexual Function After Voluntary Castration.

Wibowo E, Wong STS, Wassersug RJ, Johnson TW
Arch Sex Behav 2021 Nov;50(8):3889-3899. Epub 2021 Oct 26 doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-02094-6. PMID: 34704159

Single spies and battalions: the clinical epidemiology of mental disorders.

Cooper B
Psychol Med 1993 Nov;23(4):891-907. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700026362. PMID: 8134513

Castration complex. Evidence from men operated for hypospadias.

Berg G, Berg R
Acta Psychiatr Scand 1983 Sep;68(3):143-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb06994.x. PMID: 6637554

Impotence.

Johnson J
Br J Psychiatry 1975;Spec No 9:206-11. PMID: 171019

Psychological reactions to hysterectomy: a critical review.

Polivy J
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1974 Feb 1;118(3):417-26. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(16)33802-9. PMID: 4599392

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Clinical prediction guides

Sexual Function After Voluntary Castration.

Wibowo E, Wong STS, Wassersug RJ, Johnson TW
Arch Sex Behav 2021 Nov;50(8):3889-3899. Epub 2021 Oct 26 doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-02094-6. PMID: 34704159

Phallic and seminal masculinity: a theoretical and clinical confusion.

Figlio K
Int J Psychoanal 2010 Feb;91(1):119-39. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-8315.2009.00215.x. PMID: 20433478

Castration anxiety and phobias.

The role of the testicles in male psychological development.

Friedman RM
J Am Psychoanal Assoc 1996;44(1):201-53. doi: 10.1177/000306519604400109. PMID: 8717484

Single spies and battalions: the clinical epidemiology of mental disorders.

Cooper B
Psychol Med 1993 Nov;23(4):891-907. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700026362. PMID: 8134513

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