Case Report: Trance in Mental Retardation
Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences May 16, 2021 Mustafa M. Amin, Elmeida Effendy, Ferdinan Leo Sianturi et al. 2 citations
A 32-year-old woman with mental retardation and dissociative trance disorder killed her five children while in a trance state. The case suggests that psychosocial stressors, trauma, underlying psychiatric conditions, culture, and communication influence trance conditions. Comorbidity between mental retardation and dissociative trance disorder is rarely reported. Further research is needed to understand these disorders and their comorbidity.