The epidemiology of spirit possession in the aftermath of mass political violence in Mozambique.
Social science & medicine (1982) August 1, 2010 Victor Igreja, Beatrice Dias-Lambranca, Douglas A Hershey et al. 52 citations
In this article we assess the prevalence rates of harmful spirit possession, different features of the spirits and of their hosts, the correlates of the spirit possession experience, health patterns and the sources of health care consulted by possessed individuals in a population sample of 941 adults (255 men, 686 women) in post-civil war Mozambique in 2003-2004. A combined...