title: [Delusion of possession in a Korean patient and therapy].
abstract: Through a Korean freechristian priest, who brought about an atmosphere of syncretism, a Korean patient was introduced by withdrawal of sleep into a shortterm state of artificial psychosis which lead to her attempting suicide. The therapeutic intervention based on the ideas of Rogers was successful in creating a basis of confidence between the patient and the doctor. Through this process it was possible to obtain further personal information, in particular concerning the patient's grandmother, who was a shamanistic mudang. In connection with the knowledge about the patient's cultural background and its ties to shamanism, and respecting the cultural content without evaluating it, a good presupposition was given for an effective therapy.
authors: Evangelische Nervenklinik, Stiftung Tannenhof, Remscheid.
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authors: Heise
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008273:Magic; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012069:Religion and Psychology
vernacular_title: Besessenheitswahn einer koreanischen Patientin und seine Therapie.