Source: Stress, Coping and Development - An Integral Perspective. 2nd ed.
By Carolyn M. Aldwin
Guilford Press, 2007
... "falling out", a quasi-epileptoid state found among American, Haitian, Cuban blacks, occurs in situations in which an individual feels extreme fear or rage, under stressful conditions at school or in sports competitions, or in highly crowded situations. Falling out serves to remove individuals temporarily from these stressful conditions, thus functioning to regulate emotions.
... "ataque" among Puerto Ricans in New York is used to describe a particular syndrome characterized by extreme emotional expression, fainting spells, and fuguelike behavior, often self-destructive, which the person may or may not remember later.
..."zar" possession states among Egyptian women primarily as an indirect means of influencing husbands in a culture in which direct influence is prohibited. Thus, a woman may only be able to escape from intolerable demand by becoming seriously ill or may impose demands upon her family by using the zar spirit that possesses her to insist upon certain goods or services...
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