Open AccessCase Report: Trance in Mental Retardation
Author(s) -
Mustafa M. Amin,
Elmeida Effendy,
Ferdinan Leo Sianturi,
Munawir Saragih,
Syaifuddin Nasution
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2021.6323
Subject(s) - trance , medicine , dissociative , psychosocial , psychiatry , consciousness , comorbidity , dissociative disorders , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychology , neuroscience , philosophy , theology
BACKGROUND: Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental condition that is associated with significant intellectual and adaptive behavioral limitations, whereas dissociative trance disorder (DTD) is a dissociative condition characterized by a temporary altered state of consciousness formed by one’s culture. Comorbidity between these two disorders has rarely been reported.CASE REPORT: We found a case of MR in a 32-year-old woman, Mrs. S, with a DTD who killed her five children during her trance.CONCLUSION: It was found that there is a relationship between psychosocial stressor factors, trauma, underlying psychiatric conditions, culture, and communication that influence trance conditions. Further research is needed to study and understand more about these disorders and comorbidities.