A Case Study of Possession and Trance Disorder in Salai Jin Ritual: Etiology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics
Hot Parsaulian Siregar, Mustafa M. Amin
Advances in health sciences research/Advances in Health Sciences Research January 1, 2023 DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-120-3_8 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA 28-year-old woman developed possession trance disorder after attending a salai jin ritual in Tidore, experiencing recurrent possession episodes that alternated with normal functioning over two weeks. The patient also faced a psychosocial stressor: her boyfriend left her to marry another woman. The authors propose that the disorder's etiology may involve this psychosocial stressor combined with acculturation problems. The case is discussed in the context of ICD-11 criteria for possession trance disorder, defined as an alteration of consciousness and identity replaced by an external possessing agent that controls the individual's actions.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | A 28-year-old woman from Tidore |
| Duration | Two weeks |
| Keywords | Trance Possession linguistics Etiology Psychology Medicine |
| Key finding | A possession trance disorder occurred after a salai jin ritual, potentially caused by a psychosocial stressor and acculturation problems. |
Abstract
The 10th and 11th editions of the WHO Classification discuss the possession trance disorder (PTD) chapter on dissociative disorders.ICD-11 defined the concept as "a significant alteration in the individual's state of consciousness and sense of personal identity replaced by an external identity 'possession' in which the possessed agent controls the individual's actions or movements."Moreover, salai is defined as a form of dance and jin as spirit, which means salai jin is dance worship of jin as creatures kept by a person or certain community groups to fulfil promises or intentions.This study focused on a 28-year-old woman with possession trance disorder after attending a salai jin event in Tidore.After two weeks of the event, the woman was often possessed and re-turned to normal in between these possessions.She also admitted to having a psychosocial stressor after being left by her boyfriend to marry another woman.In this case, it was reported that a possession trance disorder occurred after the salai jin ritual.Etiologically, this could be caused by a psychosocial stressor from the patient accompanied by acculturation problems.