Are symptoms of spirit possessed patients covered by the DSM-IV or DSM-5 criteria for possession trance disorder? A mixed-method explorative study in Uganda

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1417-1430

  Van Duijl, Marjolein ^a,d   Kleijn, Wim ^b,c   De Jong, Joop ^d,e,f  

^a Netherland Forensic Institute   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Centrum '45   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dissociative disorders; Dissociative identity disorder; Dissociative trance disorders; DSM 5; DSM IV; Spirit possession

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884588563     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0635-1     Document Type: Article

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