‘Bhanamati’ Sorcery and Psychopathology in South India
Open Access
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 154 (2) , 218-220
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.154.2.218
Abstract
We describe the patterns of illness attributed to sorcery among 209 patients who attended a special clinic in south India. Somatisation and conversion disorders accounted for the majority of patients, although several other psychiatric and medical disorders were also seen. Aspects of treatment of such patients in the sociocultural context are discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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