Varieties of Near-Death Experience
Psychiatry November 1, 1993 DOI: 10.1080/00332747.1993.11024660 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Individuals who have come close to death, including recently resuscitated hospitalized patients and the general adult American population |
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Citations | 52 |
| Key findings | Near-death experiences are reported by 30%-40% of individuals who come close to death, or about 5% of the adult American population. |
Abstract
Near-death experiences are profound subjective events frequently reported by individuals who have come close to death. They are of importance to mental health professionals, not only because they often happen to patients under our care, but because they have been reported to produce widespread and long-lasting changes in values, beliefs, and behavior that dramatically affect the experiencers' attitudes toward living and dying (Bates and Stanley 1985; Bauer 1985; Flynn 1982; Greyson 1983b; Noyes 1980; Ring 1984). Several studies, including surveys of recently resuscitated hospitalized patients (Ring 1980; Sabom 1982) and a nationwide poll of the general population (Gallup and Proctor 1982) have estimated that near-death experiences are reported by 30%-40% of individuals who come close to death, or about 5% of the adult American population.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distressing Near-Death Experiences | 1992 | Review | |
| Attitude Change Following Near-Death Experiences Individuals who have had near-death experiences | 1980 | Review | n = 21 |
| Near-death experiences. | 2004 | Review | |
| The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences | 2009 | Review | |
| Near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cited by 19
- Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands The Lancet December 1, 2001
- Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: A large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports. Consciousness and Cognition March 1, 2019
- Near-death experiences between science and prejudice Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2012
- Varieties of Lucid Dreaming Experience Advances in Consciousness Research February 15, 2000
- Neural and subjective effects of inhaled N,N-dimethyltryptamine in natural settings. Journal of Psychopharmacology February 10, 2021
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Cites 10
- The Near-Death Experience Scale The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease June 1, 1983
- Distressing Near-Death Experiences Psychiatry February 1, 1992
- Features of "near-death experience" in relation to whether or not patients were near death The Lancet November 1, 1990
- Attitude Change Following Near-Death Experiences Psychiatry August 1, 1980
- A typology of near-death experiences American Journal of Psychiatry August 1, 1985
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