Obsessions from the past: a study of the chapter on "blasphemous thoughts" in "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" (7th century AD).

In this study, we examine the similarities and the differences between obsessions and the phenomena described in religious language as "blasphemous thoughts". The basis of our study is an ascetic text…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Avgoustidis, A. G. (2013). Obsessions from the past: a study of the chapter on "blasphemous thoughts" in "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" (7th century AD).. Asian J Psychiatr, 6(6), 595-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2013.08.072

Cognitive and affective perspectives on formation and maintenance of grandiose delusions of a patient with schizophrenia.

We report on a woman with first-episode schizophrenia with grandiose delusions. She developed a bizarre delusion that she was 'Jesus', who had special powers to talk to animals and predict the future.…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Lai, D. C., Chang, W. C., Tam, W. W., Hui, C. L., & Chen, E. Y. (2013). Cognitive and affective perspectives on formation and maintenance of grandiose delusions of a patient with schizophrenia.. East Asian Arch Psychiatry, 23(4), 160-3.

[Stigmata: From Saint-Francis of Assisi to idiopathic haematidrosis].

"Religious" stigmata describe body marks and sores that reflect the crucifixion wounds of Christ (hands and wrists, feet, flank, back, shoulders, forehead) and which are transferred to an individual t…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Kluger, N., & Cribier, B. (2013). [Stigmata: From Saint-Francis of Assisi to idiopathic haematidrosis].. Ann Dermatol Venereol, 140(12), 771-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annder.2013.07.021

Experiences of activity and causality in schizophrenia: when predictive deficits lead to a retrospective over-binding.

In this paper I discuss an intriguing and relatively little studied symptomatic expression of schizophrenia known as experiences of activity in which patients form the delusion that they can control s…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Martin, J. R. (2013). Experiences of activity and causality in schizophrenia: when predictive deficits lead to a retrospective over-binding.. Conscious Cogn, 22(4), 1361-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.09.003

Computer modeling and MRI-device safety: modeling, myths, and magical thinking.

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Gimbel, J. R. (2013). Computer modeling and MRI-device safety: modeling, myths, and magical thinking.. Heart Rhythm, 10(12), 1822-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.050

The appropriation process of the belief in a just world.

Research on the belief in a just world (BJW) has been developing since the mid 60s. However, studies have been mainly developed from an individual differences perspective. As a consequence there are n…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Barreiro, A. (2013). The appropriation process of the belief in a just world.. Integr Psychol Behav Sci, 47(4), 431-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-013-9246-y

The relationship of religious and general coping to psychological adjustment and distress in urban adolescents.

The present study explored the relationships among stress, general and religious coping, and mental health in a sample of urban adolescents. The participants included 587 9th- through 12th-grade stude…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Terreri, C. J., & Glenwick, D. S. (2013). The relationship of religious and general coping to psychological adjustment and distress in urban adolescents.. J Relig Health, 52(4), 1188-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-011-9555-8

Religious coping among psychotic patients: relevance to suicidality and treatment outcomes.

Religious coping is very common among individuals with psychosis, however its relevance to symptoms and treatment outcomes remains unclear. We conducted a prospective study in a clinical sample of n=4…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Rosmarin, D. H., Bigda-Peyton, J. S., Öngur, D., Pargament, K. I., & Björgvinsson, T. (2013). Religious coping among psychotic patients: relevance to suicidality and treatment outcomes.. Psychiatry Res, 210(1), 182-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.03.023

Attitudes of Lebanese university students towards surgical hymen reconstruction.

Many cultural and religious beliefs place virginity at a high level of social significance, in that women who lose their virginity before marriage may face humiliation, ostracism, divorce, and extreme…

Abus Spirituels et Emprise Religieuse Sortie, Deuil, Déconversion et Reconstruction Identitaire
Awwad, J., Nassar, A., Usta, I., Shaya, M., Younes, Z., & Ghazeeri, G. (2013). Attitudes of Lebanese university students towards surgical hymen reconstruction.. Arch Sex Behav, 42(8), 1627-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0161-6

Faith to move mountains: religious coping, spirituality, and interpersonal trauma recovery.

Interpersonal trauma is pervasive globally and may result in long-term consequences physically, cognitively, behaviorally, socially, and spiritually (Bryant-Davis, 2005b). One of the protective factor…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Bryant-Davis, T., & Wong, E. C. (2013). Faith to move mountains: religious coping, spirituality, and interpersonal trauma recovery.. Am Psychol, 68(8), 675-84. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034380

Unanticipated death of a partner: the loss experience of bereaved girlfriends of fallen Israeli soldiers.

This qualitative study examined the loss experience of 15 Israeli bereaved girlfriends of fallen soldiers. The girlfriends of fallen Israeli soldiers are socially unacknowledged as being bereaved. Thi…

Sortie, Deuil, Déconversion et Reconstruction Identitaire
Leichtentritt, R. D., Leichtentritt, J., Barzilai, Y., & Pedatsur-Sukenik, N. (2013). Unanticipated death of a partner: the loss experience of bereaved girlfriends of fallen Israeli soldiers.. Death Stud, 37(9), 803-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2012.699907

Art and epilepsy surgery.

The impact of health and disease has led many artists to depict these themes for thousands of years. Specifically, epilepsy has been the subject of many famous works, likely because of the dramatic an…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Ladino, L. D., Hunter, G., & Téllez-Zenteno, J. F. (2013). Art and epilepsy surgery.. Epilepsy Behav, 29(1), 82-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.028