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Miriam Azaunce

1 paper in the library · 9 citations · publishing 1995

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Is It Schizophrenia or Spirit Possession?

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 1995 Miriam Azaunce 9 citations

This paper addresses the question of whether spirit possession, a concept with a religious/spiritual base, is, in fact, more accurately defined as a major symptom of a mental disorder, such as schizophrenia, and according to the Eurocentric tradition, should be treated with psychotropic medication and psychotherapy. On the other hand, should this culturally determined phenomenon and such...