Halim lives in North Africa with his parents and grandparents. Recently his grandmother began to shout, sing, hit her head against the walls, and then became withdrawn, sat in her room all day, and refused to eat. Some of the older people in the community said that she had become possessed by spirits and had a condition known as

a. amok.
b. koro.
c. zar.
d. hikikomori.


C

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