Schizophrenia--the spirit possessed 23 year old male from rural Kpando Dzoanti, Volta Region in Ghana: case report.
A case of a twenty-three year old rural Ghanaian male suffering from schizophrenia and presenting as "possessed by spirits" is reported. Treatment, and outcome by physical means with chlorpromazine; and implications for further research are discussed.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Ghana Medical School, P.O. Box 4236, Accra, Ghana.
D000328:Adult; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D013140:Spiritualism