Witchcraft, Psychopathology and Hallucinations

1 May 1965

journal article
Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry

Vol. 111 (474) , 439-445
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.111.474.439

Abstract

The urgent need to act and explain one's reasons is less pressing now in connection with witchcraft than in the days when it seemed to present an immediate menace to society. It has however always evoked intense reactions without a corresponding intense examination of the available evidence. The subject seems to invite partisan treatment.

Keywords

DRUG ADDICTION
FOLKLORE
HALLUCINATIONS
HALLUCINOGENS
HISTORY
MENTAL DISORDERS

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