TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT

Trance and possession symptoms along with religious and mystic experiences are commonly seen in Indian patients. Though, commonly conceptualized under the rubric of dissociative disorders, possession like symptoms can be present in variety of clinical conditions. Trance and possession syndrome resul...

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Autores principales: Basu, Soumya, Gupta, Subhash C., Akthar, Sayeed
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2002
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206884
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description Trance and possession symptoms along with religious and mystic experiences are commonly seen in Indian patients. Though, commonly conceptualized under the rubric of dissociative disorders, possession like symptoms can be present in variety of clinical conditions. Trance and possession syndrome results from a variety of central nervous system involvement. We report here such a case with lesion in the basal ganglia and fronto-patietal lobes. Pathophysiology and cultural connotation of the symptoms is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-29536572011-01-04 TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT Basu, Soumya Gupta, Subhash C. Akthar, Sayeed Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Trance and possession symptoms along with religious and mystic experiences are commonly seen in Indian patients. Though, commonly conceptualized under the rubric of dissociative disorders, possession like symptoms can be present in variety of clinical conditions. Trance and possession syndrome results from a variety of central nervous system involvement. We report here such a case with lesion in the basal ganglia and fronto-patietal lobes. Pathophysiology and cultural connotation of the symptoms is discussed. Medknow Publications 2002 /pmc/articles/PMC2953657/ /pubmed/21206884 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT
title TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT
title_full TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT
title_fullStr TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT
title_full_unstemmed TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT
title_short TRANCE AND POSSESSION LIKE SYMPTOMS IN A CASE OF CNS LESION: A CASE REPORT
title_sort trance and possession like symptoms in a case of cns lesion: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206884
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