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Maria Cristina Monteiro de Barros

2 papers in the library · publishing 2025-2026

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Clinical Approaches to Non-Ordinary Experiences (NOEs): scoping review and bibliometric analysis

April 9, 2026 Everton de Oliveira Maraldi, Amanda Sales Cafezeiro, Taís Oliveira Silva et al. preprint

Non-Ordinary Experiences (NOEs), encompassing phenomena such as feelings of cosmic or divine unity and sensing the presence of deceased persons, are common in the general population of different countries. Despite a recent increase in the number of studies investigating the implications of these experiences for mental health and well-being, no review comprehensively synthesizing existing...

Prevalence of spiritual and religious experiences in the general population: A Brazilian nationwide study.

Transcultural Psychiatry August 1, 2025 Maria Cristina Monteiro de Barros, Frederico Camelo Leão, Homero Vallada Filho et al.

Spiritual and religious experiences (SREs) are common subjective phenomena related to the awareness of transcendence, which transforms one's perception of life, death and suffering. Despite the high prevalence of SREs worldwide, not enough studies have been conducted beyond Europe and North America. To fill this gap, this study investigates the prevalence of SREs in Brazil and their association...