thumb|400x400px|A pengamuk () in Batavia, Java, . A group of people pursue to catch or kill him. Amok syndrome is an aggressive dissociative behavioral pattern derived from the Malay world, modern Indonesia and Malaysia, that led to the English phrase running amok. The word derives from the Malay word , traditionally meaning "rushing in a frenzy" or "attacking furiously".Definition of "amok" by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com Amok syndrome presents as an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects following a period of brooding, which has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malay culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior. The syndrome of "Amok" is found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV TR). In the DSM-V, Amok syndrome is no longer considered a culture-bound syndrome, since the category of culture-bound syndrome has been removed.
thumb|400x400px|a pengamuk () in batavia java  a group of people pursue to catch or kill him amok syndrome is an aggressive dissociative behavioral pattern derived from the malay world modern indonesia and malaysia that led to the english phrase running amok the word derives from the malay word  traditionally meaning "rushing in a frenzy" or "attacking furiously"definition of "amok" by oxford dictionary on lexicocom amok syndrome presents as an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects following a period of brooding which has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in malay culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior the syndrome of "amok" is found in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv tr) in the dsm-v amok syndrome is no longer considered a culture-bound syndrome since the category of culture-bound syndrome has been removed