Revised Research Questions and Current Works Cited

 Main Question:

Are victims of spiritual and demonic possession actually possessed by otherworldly beings? Or are they actually people suffering from symptoms of mental illness?

Works Cited:

Bhavsar, Vishal, et al. “Dissociative Trance and Spirit Possession: Challenges for Cultures in 

Transition: Dissociative Trance and Spirit Possession.” Psychiatry and Clinical 

Neurosciences, vol. 70, no. 12, 2016, pp. 551–59, doi:10.1111/pcn.12425.

Cohen, Emma. “What Is Spirit Possession? Defining, Comparing, and Explaining Two 

Possession Forms.” Ethnos, vol. 73, no. 1, Routledge, 2008, pp. 101–26, 

doi:10.1080/00141840801927558.

Espí Forcén, Carlos, and Fernando Espí Forcén. “Demonic Possessions and Mental Illness: 

Discussion of Selected Cases in Late Medieval Hagiographical Literature.” Early Science 

and Medicine, vol. 19, no. 3, Brill, 2014, pp. 258–79, doi:10.1163/15733823-00193p03.

Neuner, Frank, et al. “Haunted by Ghosts: Prevalence, Predictors and Outcomes of Spirit 

Possession Experiences Among Former Child Soldiers and War-Affected Civilians in 

Northern Uganda.” Social Science & Medicine (1982), vol. 75, no. 3, Elsevier Ltd, 2012, 

pp. 548–54, doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.028.

Paoletti, Gabe. “Anneliese Michel And The Shocking Images From The Exorcism Of The Real                                 

            Emily Rose.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 2 Aug. 2020, 

            allthatsinteresting.com/anneliese-michel-exorcism.  

Simon Usborne. “I Have Witnessed 20 Exorcisms.” Independent (London, England : 1986), Independent 

            Digital News and Media Limited, 2009, p. 11–.