Mental Health and the Paranormal
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies 2012 DOI: 10.24972/ijts.2012.31.1.61 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 21 |
| Key findings | Argues that paranormal experiences and mental health have been understudied as a relationship, and reviews evidence across domains including dissociation, fantasy proneness, schizotypy, transliminality, reality monitoring, child abuse, reasoning and information processing, and transpersonal psychology, before discussing clinical implications. |
Abstract
To date, there has been a dearth of work examining the relationships between paranormal experiences and mental health.After defining paranormal experience and its prevalence, I examine a number of areas related to paranormal experience and psychopathology: psi and the unconscious, dissociation and fantasy proneness, schizotypy, transliminality and reality monitoring, child abuse, reasoning and information processing, and transpersonal psychology.Finally, I discuss the clinical implications of these findings.
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