A village possessed by "witches": a mixed-methods case-control study of possession and common mental disorders in rural Nepal.
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry December 1, 2014 Ram P Sapkota, Dristy Gurung, Deepa Neupane et al.
In Nepal, spirit possession is a common phenomenon occurring both in individuals and in groups. To identify the cultural contexts and psychosocial correlates of spirit possession, we conducted a mixed-method study in a village in central Nepal experiencing a cluster of spirit possession events. The study was carried out in three stages: (1) a pilot study consisting of informal interviews with...