Possession by the ‘zar’ among ethiopian immigrants to israel: Psychopathology or culture-bound syndrome?

Psychopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-233

  Grisaru, Nimrod ^a   Budowski, Danny ^b   Witztum, Eliezer ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Bethachin The Institute for the Culture of Ethiopian Jewry   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUTISM; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MAGIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 8544275812     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000285051     Document Type: Article

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