Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of possessive disorder in Jordan

Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-49

  Bayer, Rafat S ^a,b   Shunaigat, Walid M ^a  

^a Prince Rashid Bin Al Hasan Military Hospital   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Behavioural changes; Jinn; Mode of perception; Native healers; Possession; Rural; Sexual intercourse; Site of possession; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD; HEARING; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK; POSSESSIVE DISORDER; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THORAX; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VISION; VOICE;

EID: 0036461818     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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