Spirit possession and healing among Chinese psychiatric patients.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica December 1, 1993 E H Kua, P H Chew, S M Ko 48 citations
This is a study of the illness behaviour of 100 Chinese psychiatric patients referred consecutively to the psychiatric unit of a general hospital in Singapore. More women than men felt that their illness was due to spirit possession; but belief in possession was not related to educational status. Thirty-six patients or their relatives had consulted a traditional healer before going to the...