Colleen A Ward is a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Psychology at the National University of Singapore.

PART ONE: ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
The Cross-cultural Study of Altered States of Consciousness and Mental Health - Colleen A Ward
From Disease to Discourse - Michael Lambek
Remarks on the Conceptualization of Trance and Spirit Possession
PART TWO: ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
`Ravished of a Fiend¿ - Simon Kemp
Demonology and Medieval Madness
Possession Syndrome in India - C R Chandra Shekar
Hypnosis, Demonic Possession and Multiple Personality - Nicholas P Spanos
Strategic Enactments and Disavowals of Responsibility for Actions
Possession and Exorcism - Psychopathology and Psychotherapy in a Magico-Religious Context - Colleen A Ward
PART THREE: THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Religious Experiences as Self-Healing Mechanisms - J P Valla and Raymond Prince
Therapeutic Use of Altered States of Consciousness in Contemporary North American Indian Dance Ceremonials - Wolfgang Jilek
A Call to Heal - Stanley Krippner
Entry Patterns in Brazilian Mediumship
Healing and Transformation - Richard Katz
Perspectives on Development, Education and Community
PART FOUR: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Altered States of Consciousness, Magical Thinking and Psychopathology - Leonard Zusne
The Case of Ludwig Staudenmaier
Self Presentation in Malaysian Spirit Seances - Raymond L M Lee
A Dramaturgical Perspective on Altered States of Consciousness in Healing Ceremonies
Stressing Social Change and Songhay Possession - Paul Stoller
Power and Hallucinogenic States of Consciousness Among the Moche - Marlene Dobkin de Rios
An Ancient Peruvian Society