An ethnic psychosis refers to:

a. a psychotic episode experienced by a person from an exotic culture.
b. a progressive disease that strikes anthropologists when they spend more than 12 months in the field.
c. a psychosis characterized by symptoms peculiar to a particular group.
d. a universal form of mental illness.
e. a biologically-based disease that resembles schizophrenia.


Answer: c. a psychosis characterized by symptoms peculiar to a particular group.

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