Clinical Contributions to Consciousness Studies
George A. Mashour, Ashley Turner
Activitas Nervosa Superior March 1, 2010 DOI: 10.1007/bf03379563 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Systematic review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Articles from Consciousness and Cognition, Journal of Consciousness Studies, and Anthropology of Consciousness |
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key findings | Clinical articles constituted about 8% of the literature in three consciousness studies journals, with psychiatry most represented and neurosurgery least. The authors propose that clinical perspectives are underrepresented in the field. |
Abstract
Abstract Consciousness is a multidisciplinary subject of inquiry. The extent of clinical contributions to the field of consciousness studies has yet to be investigated. The goal of this study was to assess the degree of clinically related articles in the literature of consciousness studies through a systematic evaluation. Three journals systematically identified (Consciousness and Cognition, Journal of Consciousness Studies, and Anthropology of Consciousness) were reviewed from the first issue through December 2008. All original articles related to anesthesiology, general clinical medicine, neurology, neuro-surgery, and psychiatry were identified. Of the 1,805 articles reviewed for the three journals, a total of 149 clinically relevant articles were identified; this represented an average contribution of 8% to the total articles. Psychiatry was the discipline most consistently represented in the three journals; neurosurgery was the least represented. There is a relative paucity of clinical articles in the literature of consciousness studies. Clinical perspectives may thus be underrepresented in the field.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Synergistic, multi-level understanding of psychedelics: three systematic reviews and meta-analyses of their pharmacology, neuroimaging and phenomenology. | 2024 | Systematic review and meta-analysis | |
| Evidence synthesis indicates contentless experiences in meditation are neither truly contentless nor identical Expert texts from Shamatha, Transcendental, and Stillness Meditation traditions | 2022 | Systematic review | n = 135 |
| Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use in severe mental illness (SMI) patients: Potential changes in the phenomenology of psychiatric diseases Patients with severe mental illness (SMI), such as psychotic patients | 2017 | Systematic review | |
| Scoping review on shamanistic trances practices. | 2024 | Systematic review |
Citations in the library
Cites 14
- Anticipating seizure: pre-reflective experience at the center of neuro-phenomenology. Consciousness and Cognition September 1, 2007
- The Supreme Court versus Peyote: Consciousness Alteration, Cultural Psychiatry and the Dilemma of Contemporary Subcultures Anthropology of Consciousness September 1, 2001
- Inverse zombies, anesthesia awareness, and the hard problem of unconsciousness. Consciousness and Cognition December 1, 2008
- Consciousness and Anesthesia Science November 7, 2008
- Direct assessment of qualia in a blindsight participant. Consciousness and Cognition December 11, 2007
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