Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of possessive disorder in Jordan

RS Bayer, WM Shunaigat - Neurosciences Journal, 2002 - nsj.org.sa
OBJECTIVE: To study the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of possessive
disorder in Jordan. METHODS: This study was carried out prospectively at Prince Rashid …

A study to assess the prevalence of possession disorder in a district of South India

LP Pathapati, P Yendluri, NR Nallapaneni… - Archives of Mental …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Possession disorders are commonly reported, especially from third world
countries, like India, Far East, African and South American countries. Despite the various fast …

A study of male potency disorders

BRS Nakra, NN Wig, VK Varma - Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 1977 - journals.lww.com
Patients suffering from male potency disorders constituted 9.2% of all patients seen in a
general hospital psychiatric clinic. Most of them were young adults and they did not differ …

The clinical characteristics of possession disorder among 20 Chinese patients in the Hebei province of China

AC Gaw, Q Ding, RE Levine, H Gaw - Psychiatric Services, 1998 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the clinical characteristics of 20 hospitalized psychiatric
patients in the Hebei province of China who believed they were possessed. METHODS: A …

POSSESSION SYNDROME: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN WEST KARNATAKA/1

V Venkataramaiah, M Mallikarjunaiah… - Indian journal of …, 1981 - journals.lww.com
SUMMARY A house to house survey was conducted for a population of 1158 in west
Karnataka to determine the prevalence of possession syndrome and to study people's …

A victim of an epidemic of possession syndrome

CR Chandrashekar - Indian journal of psychiatry, 1981 - journals.lww.com
SUMMARY 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) …

[PDF][PDF] Is semen loss syndrome a psychological or physical illness? A case for conflict of interest

S Kattimani, V Menon… - Indian Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Young men presenting with sexual problems arising out of non-contact like semen loss
syndrome are common in the Indian subcontinent. They usually present with depressive …

[HTML][HTML] Substance dependence: Decades apart in a teaching hospital

J Venkatesan, SSD Suresh - Indian journal of psychiatry, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Aim: The present study was done to understand the changing trends in substance
dependence across decades. Settings and Design: It is a retrospective study done in …

[PDF][PDF] Betel Nut: A socially sanctioned drug of abuse

A Velayudhan, S Kumar, V Benegal - Bangalore: National Institute of …, 2013 - Citeseer
Results Demographic status: Of the 250 subjects interviewed there were 162 users and 88
nonusers. There was a significant difference in age between users and non users [40.13 …

[PDF][PDF] Possession syndrome at high altitude (4575 m/15000 ft)

ID Khan, AK Sahni - Kathmandu University Medical Journal, 2013 - Citeseer
In a first of its kind, a 20 year old Hindu, highlander, working girl presented with abnormal
behavior, unrelenting symptoms, had limited benefit by usual treatment and was diagnosed …