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Iich'aa (Navajo: Iichʼąh, pronounced “eech aaw”, no inflexion) is a culture-bound syndrome found in the Navajo Native American culture. The non-exclusive list of symptoms are: epileptic behaviour (nervousness, convulsions), loss of self-control, self-destructive behaviour and fits of violence and rage. It can, together with other culture-bound syndromes: notably amok (Indonesian), gila mengamok (Malay), cafard (Polynesian) or mal de pelea (Puerto-Rican), be grouped in the “taxon”: SMAS syndrome (Sudden Mass Assault Syndrome).