Comparison of Brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder


Autoria(s): MOREIRA-ALMEIDA, Alexander; LOTUFO NETO, Francisco; CARDENA, Etzel
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

19/10/2012

19/10/2012

2008

Resumo

We studied the similarities and differences between Brazilian Spiritistic mediums and North American dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients. Twenty-four mediums selected among different Spiritistic organizations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, were interviewed using the Dissociative Disorder Interview Schedule, and their responses were compared with those of DID patients described in the literature. The results from Spiritistic mediums were similar to published data on DID patients only with respect to female prevalence and high frequency of Schneiderian first-rank symptoms. As compared with individuals with DID, the mediums differed in having better social adjustment, lower prevalence of mental disorders, lower use of mental health services, no use of antipsychotics, and lower prevalence of histories of physical or sexual childhood abuse, sleepwalking, secondary features of DID, and symptoms of borderline personality. Thus, mediumship differed from DID in having better mental health and social adjustment, and a different clinical profile.

Identificador

JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, v.196, n.5, p.420-424, 2008

0022-3018

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/22574

10.1097/NMD.0b013e31816ff3al

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e31816ff3al

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eng

Publicador

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

Relação

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

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restrictedAccess

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Palavras-Chave #dissociation #dissociative identity disorder #mediumship #possession #spiritism #MULTIPLE PERSONALITY-DISORDER #EXPERIENCES #HISTORY #Clinical Neurology #Psychiatry
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article

original article

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