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Jacob R. Weiss

1 paper in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2024

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“The Demons Made Me Do It”

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2024 Jacob R. Weiss, Monica Sharobeam, Justin Faden 1 citation

BACKGROUND Throughout history, mental illness has often been attributed to witchcraft or possession by malicious entities (Ventriglio et al., 2018). Current opinions vary but suggest that supernatural beliefs exist on a continuum from overvalued ideas to delusions, and the line between culturally sanctioned possession and mental illness is blurry (Ventriglio et al., 2018). Many cultures today...