World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
January 30, 2025
Yanín Machado, Mauricio Chinchilla, Calixto Machado et al.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event. A significant proportion of sexual assault survivors develop PTSD. Research indicates that 75% of sexual assault survivors meet the criteria for PTSD one month after the assault. PTSD treatment combines psychotherapy, medication, hypnosis, meditation, and emerging...
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
March 30, 2024
Yanín Machado, Mauricio Chinchilla, Robert Hesse et al.
Bipolar Disorder (BD), formerly manic-depressive illness or manic depression, is a lifelong mood disorder and mental health condition that causes intense shifts in mood, energy levels, thinking patterns, and behavior. These shifts can last for hours, days, weeks, or months, interrupting the ability to carry out daily tasks. The condition is manageable with medications, talk therapy, lifestyle...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
November 30, 2022
Calixto Machado, Andrew B. Newberg, Yanín Machado et al.
1 citation
Introduction: We have recently recorded, processed, and published preliminary research (Part I) on brain activity by quantitative electroencephalography (EEG) tomography (QEEGt), comparing separate subjects remembering their near-death experiences (NDEs) and mystical experiences (SCE). Several reports have affirmed that NDE and SCE are related to important functional changes in the autonomic...
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
November 30, 2022
Calixto Machado, Andrew B. Newberg, Yanín Machado et al.
This study compares the critical neural correlates of two altered states of consciousness: near-death experience (NDE) and spiritual contemplative experience (SCE), a.k.a. mystical experience. For Centuries NDE and SCE have been reported by all faiths, including Abrahamic religious contemplatives: Christian mystics, Muslim Sufis, and Jewish Kabbalists. Their anecdotal reports show that both NDE...
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
November 11, 2022
Calixto Machado, Andrew B. Newberg, Yanín Machado et al.
We recently recorded, processed, and published brain activity by quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) and quantitative electroencephalography (QEEGt), comparing separate subjects remembering their near-death experience (NDE) and mystical experience. Our studies refer to a mystical experience as a spiritual contemplative experience (SCE). We found neural and Greyson Scale (GS) correlations...