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Trance and possession in Bali: a window on Western multiple personality, possession disorder, and suicide

1994; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 31; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.31-6120

1943-5975

Luh Ketut Suryani, Gordon D. Jensen,

Mental Health and Psychiatry

This study deals with Balinese psycho-social experiences in trance-possession states during traditional healing, dance, drama and gamelan performances, as well as in several mental disorders. It concludes that trance-possession in Bali is the same as multiple personality disorder (MPD) in the West. It also presents criteria for the diagnosis of possession, a new theory of possession, and multifold comparisons of normal trance-possession in Bali with MPD in the West.