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18. Although the original Malayalam responses are subjectless, and the verb does
    not indicate who the speaker is, I added “she” to make the response intelligible
    in English. As the subjectless construction in Malayalam may indicate the use of
    a relational sense of self or a social group as the subject, this response may be
    additionally understood to attest to the family having experienced improvement
    and relief.


19. For further analysis of eff ectiveness and outcome for patients of these three ther-
    apies, see Halliburton (2004).