Citation

Ferracuti S, DeMarco MC. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2004; 48(1): 59-64.

Affiliation

Dipartimento di Scienze Psichiatriche e Medicina Psicologica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy. stefano.ferracuti@uniroma1.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X03257516

PMID

14969117

Abstract

A case report is described of a man who developed a single period of recurrent episodes of dissociative trance disorder (DTD) during a family stress. The cultural environment was permeated by thoughts and beliefs in magic. During one trance state, the man performed an exorcism on the 6-month-old baby of his brother-in-law, and the baby died from cerebral hemorrhage. In the 5-year follow-up, no other episodes of DTD developed, and the man is serving an 18-year sentence.

Language: en