Dramatic religious conversion and schizophrenic decompensation

The similarities between dramatic religious and psychotic experiences have long been observed and, just as long, have proved a source of confusion and misunderstanding. Recent surveys on decompensation to schizophrenic psychosis offer not only striking comparisons to the phenomenon of sudden and dra...

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Publicado en:Journal of religion and health
Autores principales: Wootton, Raymond J. (Autor) ; Allen, David Franklyn 1943- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1983]
En: Journal of religion and health
Otras palabras clave:B Mental Process
B Associate Model
B Psychotic Experience
B Recent Survey
B Schizophrenic Psychosis
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:The similarities between dramatic religious and psychotic experiences have long been observed and, just as long, have proved a source of confusion and misunderstanding. Recent surveys on decompensation to schizophrenic psychosis offer not only striking comparisons to the phenomenon of sudden and dramatic religious conversion but clues to the limits of continuity between these two mental processes. Using Docherty and his associates model of the stages of onset of schizophrenic psychosis and their own review of the literature of religious conversion, the authors suggest three principal similarities and the point of departure between the two phenomena.
ISSN:1573-6571
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF02280627