Can ghosts make you sick? That is the belief of many indigenous cultures across North America and throughout the world. This episode I compare and contrast those beliefs as well as provide an explanation of what could be going on and why Western medicine fails to address these complaints.

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Spirit Possession Around the World

Issues in the Diagnosis of Native American Culture-Bound Syndromes

Grief Disorder

Ghost Illness by Putsch

Culture Bound Syndromes

Evil Spirits in Tuva

Juwarri in Australia

Strigoi in folklore

Jerry Marzinsky

On the Psychology of Demon Possession

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