Dissociative trance and spirit possession: Challenges for cultures in transition.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci September 18, 2016 Vishal Bhavsar, Antonio Ventriglio, Dinesh Bhugra 49 citations
The cross-cultural validity of dissociative possession and trance disorders is a matter of some debate, limiting research and meaningful interpretation of prevalence data. Intimate to these concerns is the status of spirit possession categories studied in the social sciences, particularly anthropology. These two categories are phenomenologically related and display similar epidemiological...