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A VICTIM OF AN EPIDEMIC OF POSSESSION SYNDROME

A case of young man who got possessed by a god and two spirits alternatively is reported. He was one of the four victims of an epidemic of possession by two spirits (Mohini). The epidemic occurred following the prediction that the two women who committed suicide, would become Mohinis and liaunt adul...

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Autor principal: Chandrashekar, C. R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1981
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22058566
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description A case of young man who got possessed by a god and two spirits alternatively is reported. He was one of the four victims of an epidemic of possession by two spirits (Mohini). The epidemic occurred following the prediction that the two women who committed suicide, would become Mohinis and liaunt adult men. It appeared that the strong belief and expectation in the local culture made the index person who was otherwise well adjusted in life to get possessed. The implication of this finding is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-30129122011-11-06 A VICTIM OF AN EPIDEMIC OF POSSESSION SYNDROME Chandrashekar, C. R. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report A case of young man who got possessed by a god and two spirits alternatively is reported. He was one of the four victims of an epidemic of possession by two spirits (Mohini). The epidemic occurred following the prediction that the two women who committed suicide, would become Mohinis and liaunt adult men. It appeared that the strong belief and expectation in the local culture made the index person who was otherwise well adjusted in life to get possessed. The implication of this finding is discussed. Medknow Publications 1981 /pmc/articles/PMC3012912/ /pubmed/22058566 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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title A VICTIM OF AN EPIDEMIC OF POSSESSION SYNDROME
title_full A VICTIM OF AN EPIDEMIC OF POSSESSION SYNDROME
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title_full_unstemmed A VICTIM OF AN EPIDEMIC OF POSSESSION SYNDROME
title_short A VICTIM OF AN EPIDEMIC OF POSSESSION SYNDROME
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