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Dissociation : Vol. 6, No. 4 (Dec. 1993)
Recent Submissions
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Fraser, George A.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
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Coons, Philip M.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
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Bowman, Elizabeth S.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
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Begelman, D. A.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
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Crabtree, Adam
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
Comments on the preceding papers on possession are made from a clinical/historical point of view. A definition of “possession” is proposed based on a phenomenological approach. Categories of possession likely to be ...
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Noll, Richard
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
Commentary is provided on four psychiatric papers concerned with (1) "trance/possession disorder" (TPD) and (2) "exorcism." It is argued that such papers exemplify a centuries-old clash of worldviews between science and ...
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Rosik, Christopher
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
This response offers brief critiques of the articles by Drs. Coons, Begelman, Bowman, and Fraser, all of which raise important issues concerning the development of dialogue between the psychiatric and religious communities. ...
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Fraser, George A.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
The persistent belief that spiritual entities can "possess" mere mortals has resulted in various rituals and ceremonies to expel these unwanted intruders. This act has been known as exorcism and is sanctioned even today ...
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Bowman, Elizabeth S.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
Fifteen female multiple personality disorder (MPD) patients who had felt or been told they were possessed or had undergone exorcism were interviewed to study the sequelae of these events. Thirteen had suspected they were ...
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Coons, Philip M.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
Although the literature contains numerous historical and contemporary case reports of possession disorder, the possession syndrome has never been an officially approved psychiatric diagnosis. This paper reviews these case ...
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Begelman, D. A.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
Possession states have a remarkably broad transcultural distribution, and mirror the influence of a range of social variables. Encompassing a variety of individual patterns, as a class they virtually confound attempts at ...
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Begelman, D. A.
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
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Kluft, Richard P., 1943-
(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
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Unknown author (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1993-12)
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