Possession states are a well-known but a complex clinical aspect of transcultural psychiatry. How do young clinicians react when facing such symptoms? Starting from the case of a Somali patient suffering from possession states, treated in a transcultural consultation group, we will attempt to explain the cultural countertransference experienced by young clinicians who witnessed a trance. Using...
February 27, 2023Clara Novaes, Marie Rose Moro, Jo Ann Cahn2 citations
This chapter is inspired by some of the questions raised in my doctoral dissertation in psychology about contemporary ritual experiences with the Amazonian drink, ayahuasca, in urban areas in Brazil as well as Europe, especially France. Here, our purpose is to problematize the relations between the contemporary world, the new modes of subjectification that these experiences induce, and the...
Background: Culture can affect psychiatric disorders. Clinical Lycanthropy is a rare syndrome, described since Antiquity, within which the patient has the delusional belief of turning into a wolf. Little is known on its clinical or therapeutic correlates. Methods: We conducted a systematic review (PRISMA) on PubMed and Google Scholar, until January 2021. Case reports, data on neurobiological...
Objective: Although the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Fourth Edition, acknowledges the existence of dissociative trance and possession disorders, simply named dissociative trance disorder (DTD), it asks for further studies to assess its clinical utility in the DSM-5. To answer this question, we conducted the first review of the medical literature. Method: The...