作者: Huong Nguyen
DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2014.873648
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摘要: With nearly 80% of Vietnamese people holding Buddhist beliefs in some form, Buddhism-based healing is popular Vietnam. Coupled with cultural stigma against seeking formal mental health services, psychological needs frequently seek different forms at temples, including exorcism and spirit-calling. In this article, I present case vignettes spirit-calling that documented during my ethnographic study Based on these cases, will discuss the impact spiritual activities like for implications social work Vietnam elsewhere.