A prestigious Indian university is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by ghosts.
The six-month »þ³Ú=»þ³Ú¿©¼ºÀÇ·ù course at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the northern city of Varanasi will start in January.
Officials say it will focus on psychosomatic ½Å¹ß·¹Çø®Ä«»çÀÌÆ®=½Å¹ß·¹Çø®Ä«»çÀÌÆ® disorders which are often confused with paranormal occurrences.
The course will be conducted by the ¿äÁö¾ß¸¶¸ðÅä=¿äÁö¾ß¸¶¸ðÅä¿©¼ºÀÇ·ù faculty of Ayurveda, the ancient Hindu system of medicine and healing.
A BHU official told news agency IANS that a separate unit of Bhoot Vidya (Ghost Studies) had been set up in the university.
"Bhoot Vidya mainly deals with psychosomatic ´ä·Ê¶± disorders, diseases caused by unknown reasons and diseases of mind or psychic conditions," Yamini Bhushan Tripathi, the Ayurveda faculty dean, said.
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