Acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for problematic internet pornography viewing.

Despite the prevalence of problematic Internet pornography viewing and the breadth of intervention approaches to potentially address it, no studies to address this problem have been reported to date. …

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Twohig, M. P., & Crosby, J. M. (2010). Acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for problematic internet pornography viewing.. Behav Ther, 41(3), 285-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2009.06.002

Religious conversion in a psychotic individual.

The authors describe the case of a man who appeared to have psychotic symptoms, including self-injurious behavior, but who understood his own experience as a religious conversion. The symptoms, clinic…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Penzner, J. B., Kelly, K. V., & Sacks, M. H. (2010). Religious conversion in a psychotic individual.. J Relig Health, 49(3), 351-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-009-9245-y

Scrupulosity: a unique subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The earliest descriptions of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were religious, as was the understanding of their origins. With the emancipation, religion in OCD was relegated to its status today: a …

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Greenberg, D., & Huppert, J. D. (2010). Scrupulosity: a unique subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Curr Psychiatry Rep, 12(4), 282-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-010-0127-5

Watching films with magical content facilitates creativity in children.

Two experiments examined the possible link between magical thinking and creativity in preschool children. In Exp. 1, 4- and 6-yr.-old children were shown a film with either a magical or nonmagical the…

Biais Cognitifs et Croyances
Subbotsky, E., Hysted, C., & Jones, N. (2010). Watching films with magical content facilitates creativity in children.. Percept Mot Skills, 111(1), 261-77. https://doi.org/10.2466/04.09.11.PMS.111.4.261-277

Religion and psychosis: the effects of the Welsh religious revival in 1904-1905.

BACKGROUND: Psychotic symptoms have been linked to religious experience, but empirical evidence is scarce. We have investigated the impact of the Welsh religious revival (RR) of 1904-1905 on the numbe…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Linden, S. C., Harris, M., Whitaker, C., & Healy, D. (2010). Religion and psychosis: the effects of the Welsh religious revival in 1904-1905.. Psychol Med, 40(8), 1317-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291709991917

[Religious obsessions and religiosity].

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of religious obsessions in a general psychiatry setting, review sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with religious obsessions, and explore the…

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Khoubila, A., & Kadri, N. (2010). [Religious obsessions and religiosity].. Can J Psychiatry, 55(7), 458-63. https://doi.org/10.1177/070674371005500709

The relationship between religion and thought-action fusion: use of an in vivo paradigm.

Research has demonstrated that higher levels of religiosity are positively correlated with thought-action fusion (TAF), a set of cognitive biases found to be associated with obsessive-compulsive sympt…

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Berman, N. C., Abramowitz, J. S., Pardue, C. M., & Wheaton, M. G. (2010). The relationship between religion and thought-action fusion: use of an in vivo paradigm.. Behav Res Ther, 48(7), 670-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2010.03.021

[Irrational anxiety: obsessive-compulsive disorder].

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an exemplar of an anxiety disorder where irrational thoughts and compulsive behaviors succeed each other in a mental system where every negative outcome can occur. Aff…

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Vera, L. (2010). [Irrational anxiety: obsessive-compulsive disorder].. Rev Prat, 60(6), 793-5.

Turning to God in the face of ostracism: effects of social exclusion on religiousness.

The present research proposes that individuals who are socially excluded can turn to religion to cope with the experience. Empirical studies conducted to test this hypothesis consistently found that s…

Abus Spirituels et Emprise Religieuse Sortie, Deuil, Déconversion et Reconstruction Identitaire
Aydin, N., Fischer, P., & Frey, D. (2010). Turning to God in the face of ostracism: effects of social exclusion on religiousness.. Pers Soc Psychol Bull, 36(6), 742-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167210367491

Religion, spirituality, and psychosis.

This review discusses the relationships between religion, spirituality, and psychosis. Based on the DSM-IV, we comment on the concept of spiritual and religious problems, which, although they may seem…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Menezes, A., & Moreira-Almeida, A. (2010). Religion, spirituality, and psychosis.. Curr Psychiatry Rep, 12(3), 174-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-010-0117-7

Association of trauma-related disorders and dissociation with four idioms of distress among Latino psychiatric outpatients.

Past research on idioms of distress among U.S. Latinos has revealed that ataque de nervios and altered perceptions, such as hearing and seeing things when alone, are independent markers of higher morb…

Psychopathologie de la Religion et de la Spiritualité
Lewis-Fernández, R., Gorritz, M., Raggio, G. A., Peláez, C., Chen, H., & Guarnaccia, P. J. (2010). Association of trauma-related disorders and dissociation with four idioms of distress among Latino psychiatric outpatients.. Cult Med Psychiatry, 34(2), 219-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-010-9177-8

Is evaluating complementary and alternative medicine equivalent to evaluating the absurd?

Complementary and alternative therapies such as reflexology and acupuncture have been the subject of numerous evaluations, clinical trials, and systematic reviews, yet the empirical evidence in suppor…

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Greasley, P. (2010). Is evaluating complementary and alternative medicine equivalent to evaluating the absurd?. Eval Health Prof, 33(2), 127-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278710361923