Psychodynamics of Spirit Possession among the Inuit
Three cases of spirit possession were studied to determine common underlying psychodynamic factors. The spirits were believed to represent culture bound defense mechanisms, and attempts at problem solving in individuals suffering from unresolved conflicts. These being anomic anxiety, dependency, sex...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/070674378302800112 2023-05-15T16:55:03+02:00 Psychodynamics of Spirit Possession among the Inuit Seltzer, Allan 1983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674378302800112 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/070674378302800112 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry volume 28, issue 1, page 52-56 ISSN 0706-7437 1497-0015 Psychiatry and Mental health journal-article 1983 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/070674378302800112 2022-04-14T04:48:00Z Three cases of spirit possession were studied to determine common underlying psychodynamic factors. The spirits were believed to represent culture bound defense mechanisms, and attempts at problem solving in individuals suffering from unresolved conflicts. These being anomic anxiety, dependency, sexual identity and aggression. The symptoms, therefore, were considered to be attempts at conflict resolution. Furthermore the psycho-dynamic process is described as a transition phase in psychic development between externalization and internalization of intrapsychic distress or collective versus individual ego solutions to life stress. As such, therapy will be facilitated by knowledge of myths and customs and culturally significant methods of healing. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit SAGE Publications (via Crossref) The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 28 1 52 56 |
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Three cases of spirit possession were studied to determine common underlying psychodynamic factors. The spirits were believed to represent culture bound defense mechanisms, and attempts at problem solving in individuals suffering from unresolved conflicts. These being anomic anxiety, dependency, sexual identity and aggression. The symptoms, therefore, were considered to be attempts at conflict resolution. Furthermore the psycho-dynamic process is described as a transition phase in psychic development between externalization and internalization of intrapsychic distress or collective versus individual ego solutions to life stress. As such, therapy will be facilitated by knowledge of myths and customs and culturally significant methods of healing. |
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Psychodynamics of Spirit Possession among the Inuit |
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