Psychosocial stressors that precipitate dissociative trance disorder in Singapore

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 426-432

  Ng, Beng Yeong ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dissociative trance disorder; Psychosocial stressor; Spirit possession; Trances

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 3543104444     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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