Traumatic Experience and Somatoform Dissociation Among Spirit Possession Practitioners in the Dominican Republic.

Recent studies in African contexts have revealed a strong association between spirit possession and severe trauma, with inclusion into a possession cult serving at times a therapeutic function. Resear…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Schaffler, Y., Cardeña, E., Reijman, S., & Haluza, D. (2016). Traumatic Experience and Somatoform Dissociation Among Spirit Possession Practitioners in the Dominican Republic.. Cult Med Psychiatry, 40(1), 74-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-015-9472-5

Salvia divinorum: An overview of the usage, misuse, and addiction processes.

Salvia divinorum, a sage plant with leaves that can produce a psychoactive high, has been used for hundreds of years for its psycho-mimetic effects in religious rituals in South America. Salvia has no…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Mahendran, R., Lim, H. A., Tan, J. Y., Chua, S. M., & Winslow, M. (2016). Salvia divinorum: An overview of the usage, misuse, and addiction processes.. Asia Pac Psychiatry, 8(1), 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/appy.12225

Believing what we do not believe: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions.

Traditionally, research on superstition and magical thinking has focused on people's cognitive shortcomings, but superstitions are not limited to individuals with mental deficits. Even smart, educated…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Risen, J. L. (2016). Believing what we do not believe: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions.. Psychol Rev, 123(2), 182-207. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000017

An Atypical and Resistant Case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Responding Satisfactorily with an Unusual way of Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy.

It is well established fact that a combination of pharmacological therapy plus cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) - exposure and response prevention (ERP) is considered first line for the treatment of …

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Nath, K., Victor, R., & Naskar, S. (2016). An Atypical and Resistant Case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Responding Satisfactorily with an Unusual way of Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy.. J Clin Diagn Res, 10(3), VD03-VD04. https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/18633.7481

Scrupulosity and contamination OCD are not associated with deficits in response inhibition.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Prior research has indicated a number of neuropsychological deficits in patients with OCD consistent with the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical model of the disorder. Respons…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Rasmussen, J., Siev, J., Abramovitch, A., & Wilhelm, S. (2016). Scrupulosity and contamination OCD are not associated with deficits in response inhibition.. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry, 50, 120-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.06.004

Religiosity in young adolescents with auditory vocal hallucinations.

The current exploratory study examined the associations between auditory vocal hallucinations (AVH) and delusions and religiosity in young adolescents. 337 children from a population-based case-contro…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Steenhuis, L. A., Bartels-Velthuis, A. A., Jenner, J. A., Aleman, A., Bruggeman, R., Nauta, M. H., & Pijnenborg, G. H. M. (2016). Religiosity in young adolescents with auditory vocal hallucinations.. Psychiatry Res, 236, 158-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.12.014

Incompleteness and not just right experiences in the explanation of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

In the past decade, not just right experiences (NJRE) and incompleteness (INC) have attracted renewed interest as putative motivators of symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), beyond harm av…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Belloch, A., Fornés, G., Carrasco, A., López-Solá, C., Alonso, P., & Menchón, J. M. (2016). Incompleteness and not just right experiences in the explanation of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.. Psychiatry Res, 236, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.01.012

Process of determining the value of belief about jinn possession and whether or not they are a result of mental illness.

We present the case of a 28-year-old Afghan woman who presented perinatally with concerns of being possessed by jinns. She was noted to have third person auditory hallucinations, delusions of control …

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Guthrie, E., Abraham, S., & Nawaz, S. (2016). Process of determining the value of belief about jinn possession and whether or not they are a result of mental illness.. BMJ Case Rep, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-214005

Differences in Religiousness in Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Twins in a Secular Society.

Sex differences in religion are well known, with females generally being more religious than males, and shared environmental factors have been suggested to have a large influence on religiousness. Twi…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Ahrenfeldt, L. J., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Möller, S., Christensen, K., Hvidtjørn, D., & Hvidt, N. C. (2016). Differences in Religiousness in Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Twins in a Secular Society.. Twin Res Hum Genet, 19(1), 35-46. https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2015.92

Suppressor Effects of Positive and Negative Religious Coping on Academic Burnout Among Korean Middle School Students.

Statistical suppressor effects in prediction models can provide evidence of the interdependent relationship of independent variables. In this study, the suppressor effects of positive and negative rel…

Trauma Psychologique Religieux
Noh, H., Chang, E., Jang, Y., Lee, J. H., & Lee, S. M. (2016). Suppressor Effects of Positive and Negative Religious Coping on Academic Burnout Among Korean Middle School Students.. J Relig Health, 55(1), 135-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0007-8

Magical thinking around end of life: An editorial on 'Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator deactivation discussions: Reality vs. recommendations'.

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
MacKenzie, M. A. (2016). Magical thinking around end of life: An editorial on 'Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator deactivation discussions: Reality vs. recommendations'.. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, 15(1), 8-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515115596097

Predicting obsessions and compulsions according to superego and ego characteristics: A comparison between scrupulosity and non-religious obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive images or impulses and/or ritualistic and rigid behaviors. Symptoms of OCD have different contents including contamination, harming an…

TOC et Scrupulosité Religieuse
Besharat, M. A., & Kamali, Z. S. (2016). Predicting obsessions and compulsions according to superego and ego characteristics: A comparison between scrupulosity and non-religious obsessive-compulsive symptoms.. Asian J Psychiatr, 19, 73-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2016.01.003