Dissociative symptoms and reported trauma among patients with spirit possession and matched healthy controls in Uganda.
Cult Med Psychiatry June 1, 2010 Marjolein Van Duijl, Ellert Nijenhuis, Ivan H. Komproe et al. 118 citations
Spirit possession is a common, worldwide phenomenon with dissociative features. Studies in Europe and the United States have revealed associations among psychoform and somatoform dissociation and (reported) potential traumatic events. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships among spirit possession, dissociative symptoms and reported potentially traumatizing events in Uganda. One...