Possesion phenomena in North America: A case study with ethnographic, psychodynamic, religious and clinical implications

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-76

  Rosik, Christopher H ^a  

^a Link Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Expulsion ritual; Possession; Psychotherapy; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1842577780     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v05n01_04     Document Type: Review

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