Management of perceived mental health problems by spiritual healers: a Nigerian study.

OBJECTIVE: Anecdotal reports and research findings have suggested that religious healers are widely consulted by many Nigerians in time of mental health crisis.The study aimed at examining the knowled…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Agara, A. J., Makanjuola, A. B., & Morakinyo, O. (2008). Management of perceived mental health problems by spiritual healers: a Nigerian study.. Afr J Psychiatry (Johannesbg), 11(2), 113-8. https://doi.org/10.4314/ajpsy.v11i2.30262

Spirituality and religion in epilepsy.

Revered in some cultures but persecuted by most others, epilepsy patients have, throughout history, been linked with the divine, demonic, and supernatural. Clinical observations during the past 150 ye…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Devinsky, O., & Lai, G. (2008). Spirituality and religion in epilepsy.. Epilepsy Behav, 12(4), 636-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.11.011

Psychiatric disorders related to menstrual bleeding among an ultra-orthodox population: case series and literature review.

The relationship between menstrual cycle and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been documented in the past and is related to sexual hormone changes. In the ultra-orthodox Jewish population menst…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Vishne, T., Misgav, S., & Bunzel, M. E. (2008). Psychiatric disorders related to menstrual bleeding among an ultra-orthodox population: case series and literature review.. Int J Soc Psychiatry, 54(3), 219-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764008083872

Sensory phenomena in obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders: a review of the literature.

INTRODUCTION: A variety of subjective experiences have been reported to be associated with the symptom expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome (TS). First described in …

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Prado, H. S., Rosário, M. C., Lee, J., Hounie, A. G., Shavitt, R. G., & Miguel, E. C. (2008). Sensory phenomena in obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders: a review of the literature.. CNS Spectr, 13(5), 425-32. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1092852900016606

On the relative independence of thinking biases and cognitive ability.

In 7 different studies, the authors observed that a large number of thinking biases are uncorrelated with cognitive ability. These thinking biases include some of the most classic and well-studied bia…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Stanovich, K. E., & West, R. F. (2008). On the relative independence of thinking biases and cognitive ability.. J Pers Soc Psychol, 94(4), 672-95. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.4.672

Feeling good, but lacking autonomy: closed-mindedness on social and moral issues in new religious movements.

According to previous research, New Religious Movements (NRMs) seem to have a positive effect on the mental health of members who join NRMs with some previous affective, cognitive or other vulnerabili…

Groupes spécifiques
Buxant, C., & Saroglou, V. (2008). Feeling good, but lacking autonomy: closed-mindedness on social and moral issues in new religious movements.. J Relig Health, 47(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-007-9142-1

Parental bereavement and the loss of a child with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature.

Inequalities in health care and other risk factors mean that children with intellectual disabilities are more likely to predecease their parents. Research on the effects on family members when a child…

Sortie, Deuil, Déconversion et Reconstruction Identitaire
Reilly, D. E., Hastings, R. P., Vaughan, F. L., & Huws, J. C. (2008). Parental bereavement and the loss of a child with intellectual disabilities: a review of the literature.. Intellect Dev Disabil, 46(1), 27-43. https://doi.org/10.1352/0047-6765(2008)46[27:PBATLO]2.0.CO;2

Priming of first- and second-order motion: mechanisms and neural substrates.

Priming for luminance-modulated (first-order) motion has been shown to rely on the functional integrity of visual area V5/MT [Campana, G., Cowey, A., & Walsh, V. (2002). Priming of motion direction an…

Influence sociale et crédibilité en entreprise
Campana, G., Pavan, A., & Casco, C. (2008). Priming of first- and second-order motion: mechanisms and neural substrates.. Neuropsychologia, 46(2), 393-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.07.019

How religion comforts the dying: a qualitative inquiry.

Although considerable social science research has explored religiosity and death anxiety, and many have theorized that religion comforts the dying, with speculations on the mechanisms by which religio…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Pevey, C. F., Jones, T. J., & Yarber, A. (2008). How religion comforts the dying: a qualitative inquiry.. Omega (Westport), 58(1), 41-59. https://doi.org/10.2190/om.58.1.c

Ultra-orthodox rabbinic responses to religious obsessive- compulsive disorder.

This presentation deals with the response of rabbis to ultra-orthodox people suffering from religious symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The symptoms are consistent with religious practice and…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Greenberg, D., & Shefler, G. (2008). Ultra-orthodox rabbinic responses to religious obsessive- compulsive disorder.. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci, 45(3), 183-92.

Alien abduction: a medical hypothesis.

In response to a new psychological study of persons who believe they have been abducted by space aliens that found that sleep paralysis, a history of being hypnotized, and preoccupation with the paran…

Groupes spécifiques
Forrest, D. V. (2008). Alien abduction: a medical hypothesis.. J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry, 36(3), 431-42. https://doi.org/10.1521/jaap.2008.36.3.431

[Fresh fruit and occultism as ways to salvation: conversions in Leipzig's alternative culture at around 1900].

During the time of the Wilhelmine Empire, there were multiple interdependencies between adherents of the life reform movement (vegetarians, naturopathists, nudists, etc.) and new religious movements s…

Groupes spécifiques
Bigalke, B. (2008). [Fresh fruit and occultism as ways to salvation: conversions in Leipzig's alternative culture at around 1900].. Med Ges Gesch, 27, 205-46.