Possession trance in a semi-urban community in Sri Lanka.
The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry June 1, 1976 C P Wijesinghe, S A Dissanayake, N Mendis 27 citations
A survey of possession trance states in a semi-urban population of 7653 identified 37 subjects. The manifestations of the trance, and its course and outcome are outlined. The characteristics of the subjects, including presence of psychiatric disorder, are compared with that of the total population, and significant differences are noted. Four psychodynamic syndromes observed are described with...