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“Acute onset of symptoms for 3 months or less was considered indicative of a positive psychological outcome.56”
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“In their reviews, Prins,59 Lukoff,56 and Menezes60 agree that greater passivity would likely be more associated with psychopathological aspects,56,59”
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“Lukoff56 considers that “absolute belief is not a sign of pathology in itself,” since “all beliefs that are personally significant tend to be held with absolute conviction.”56”
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“This is due to their potential ‘phenomenological overlap.’56”
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“different narrative reviews have pointed out that the distinction between religious beliefs and delusions may not rely solely on content.56”
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“Narrative reviews also agree that experiencing shorter episodes over the course of a lifetime tends to be related to non-pathological experiences.”
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“Lukoff56 suggests that so-called spiritual experiences tend to be “generally transitory and resolve themselves completely, without leaving residual social difficulties or isolation; in contrast, psychotic disorders usually persist for a long period and involve continual impairment and social withdrawal.”57”
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“Lukoff56 highlighted the “absence of conceptual disorganization and confusion” as a differentiating criterion between the groups, which could be evidenced by characteristics such as “interruption of thought, incoherence, and blockage.”56”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lukoff, D.
- Affiliations
- Sofia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lukoff, David
- ORCID
- Lukoff, David
- Venue
- Southern Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Southern Medical Association
- Published
- 2007-06
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 635-641
- ISSN
- 0038-4348 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2116178711
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Southern Medical Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Keywords
- visionary experience, spiritual experience, religious experience
- MeSH terms
- Culture, Delusions, Diagnosis, Differential, Hallucinations, Humans, Life Change Events, Psychotic Disorders, Spirituality
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