Sophie Reijman

Traumatic Experience and Somatoform Dissociation Among Spirit Possession Practitioners in the Dominican Republic.

Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry March 1, 2016 Yvonne Schaffler, Etzel Cardeña, Sophie Reijman et al. 30 citations

Recent studies in African contexts have revealed a strong association between spirit possession and severe trauma, with inclusion into a possession cult serving at times a therapeutic function. Research on spirit possession in the Dominican Republic has so far not included quantitative studies of trauma and dissociation. This study evaluated demographic variables, somatoform dissociative...