Dissociative trance disorder: Clinical and Rorschach findings in ten persons reporting demon possession and treated by exorcism

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 525-539

  Ferracuti, Stefano ^a   Sacco, Roberto ^a   Lazzari, Renato ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EGO; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; IDENTITY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST;

EID: 0030005985     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6603_4     Document Type: Article

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