Embed

Embed video

X

Copy

Grisi Siknis

Mystery mental illness afflicting girls in Nicaragua

On Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast, girls are having fits of madness. RT investigates ‘Grisi siknis’, a mystery mental illness among Mizkito teenagers. Join RT’s Julia Muriel Dominzain, to witness symptoms. Meet sufferers, doctors and healers trying to understand the causes of the disorder. You decide: is it demonic possession, cultural tradition or the pains of growing up?

Message us

Watch film

Please rate this trailer

8.18

(11 users)

Published: 21 January 2019 12:52 View: 629

Duration

0:59

Tags

DON'T MISS

26:00

447

26 March 2020 19:15

Religion

Voodoo Spirits of Haiti. Voodoo: a cruel cult or a cultural identity?
25:48

1938

12 January 2015 00:00

Health

Tropic of Anti-Cancer. Scientist researches rare genetic disorder to obtain cure from cancer
26:11

1299

22 April 2013 00:00

Society

Imprisoned by Insanity. Criminally insane offenders rediscover their humanity through art therapy
25:59

701

20 April 2014 00:00

Health

See Me, Hear Me. Autistic nephew committed to psych ward by ‘kind’ aunt tries to get back 3-room flat she sold off
48:09

4391

19 September 2016 00:00

Society

US Veterans: Not Forgotten. Combatting PTSD… with no drugs
27:22

18288

10 September 2018 00:00

Society

I Want My Sex Back. Transgender people who regretted changing sex
18:08

363

05 June 2020 21:33

Health

Mind the Virus. How I'm Losing My Mind in the Pandemic
27:19

462

13 November 2020 20:00

Health

Self-Harm - the Pandemic of Youth . When it's your BPD child who's self-harming
46:38

3175

14 October 2019 00:30

Religion

So, You Want to Be a Shaman. A Shamanic rite of passage for beginners in Siberia
26:49

7384

25 November 2019 11:29

Society

Gangnam Stress. South Korea’s extreme measures against extreme pressure
25:55

2485

08 July 2011 00:00

Discovering Russia

The Zone. Creepiest and most haunted places in Russia
26:20

8546

20 January 2012 00:00

Religion

Shamans of Siberia. Powerful healers chosen by spirits
24:09

7955

11 June 2012 00:00

Religion

Searching for a Miracle. The mystery of the incorruptible Buddhist Lama Itigilov
23:42

1019

12 September 2019 21:38

Investigation

Following in the Tracks of the Dyatlov Group . Get to the truth of the Dyatlov Pass incident
26:24

11800

14 October 2015 00:00

Meeting with Nature

The Permafrost Mystery. Scientists explore giant Yamal Sinkhole
52:14

1901

30 January 2015 00:00

Human Rights

Argentina's Stolen Children. Grandmothers search for the babies of the military dictatorship victims
26:03

2054

31 July 2015 00:00

Society

Occupy Tower. Living in the world’s tallest slum - the "Tower of David"
51:24

6214

03 October 2016 00:00

Military and War

Fine Art of ReConciliation. Colombia’s rebel women: beauty, babies and battle in the rainforest
27:18

8152

06 March 2017 00:00

Society

FavelaLive. Rio’s Children, caught between football, drugs and police brutality
25:31

7174

29 March 2017 00:00

Lifestyle

The Good, The Bad and the Loco. Bolivia’s female wrestlers in national costume

shopify traffic stats