A Case Study of Possession and Trance Disorder in Salai Jin Ritual: Etiology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics
Advances in health sciences research/Advances in Health Sciences Research January 1, 2023 Hot Parsaulian Siregar, Mustafa M. Amin
A 28-year-old woman developed possession trance disorder after attending a salai jin ritual in Tidore, experiencing recurrent possession episodes that alternated with normal functioning over two weeks. The patient also faced a psychosocial stressor: her boyfriend left her to marry another woman. The authors propose that the disorder's etiology may involve this psychosocial stressor combined with acculturation problems. The case is discussed in the context of ICD-11 criteria for possession trance disorder, defined as an alteration of consciousness and identity replaced by an external possessing agent that controls the individual's actions.