Making Sense of Spiritual, Metaphysical, and Eschatological Elements in Delusions: A Qualitative Study Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.
Psychopathology 2024 Daniel Nischk, Rico Gutschmidt 1 citation
Spiritual, metaphysical, or eschatological elements in delusions (SMEDs) are frequent and often subjectively regarded as profound transformational experiences, similar to mystical experiences. This study aimed (1) to explore how SMEDs are experienced and in which aspects they are similar to mystical experiences and (2) to investigate how individuals make sense of SMED. Seven participants were...
DOI: 10.1159/000540120 (opens in new tab)
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Mystical experience
Delusion
Interpretative phenomenological analysis
Schizophrenia
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