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Then they would be the Uniparty of Washington DC, Inc.

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: Source:
: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-012-9673-y

: Full article is behind a paywall.

: Article abstract: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: Schizophrenia or Possession?

: M. Kemal Irmak

: Journal of Religion and Health, volume 53, pages 773–777

: (2014)

: Abstract

: Schizophrenia is typically a life-long condition characterized
: by acute symptom exacerbations and widely varying degrees
: of functional disability. Some of its symptoms, such as
: delusions and hallucinations, produce great subjective
: psychological pain. The most common delusion types are as
: follows: “My feelings and movements are controlled by
: others in a certain way” and “They put thoughts in my head
: that are not mine.” Hallucinatory experiences are generally
: voices talking to the patient or among themselves.
: Hallucinations are a cardinal positive symptom of
: schizophrenia which deserves careful study in the hope it
: will give information about the pathophysiology of the
: disorder. We thought that many so-called hallucinations in
: schizophrenia are really illusions related to a real
: environmental stimulus. One approach to this hallucination
: problem is to consider the possibility of a demonic world.
: Demons are unseen creatures that are believed to exist in
: all major religions and have the power to possess humans
: and control their body. Demonic possession can manifest
: with a range of bizarre behaviors which could be
: interpreted as a number of different psychotic disorders
: with delusions and hallucinations. The hallucination in
: schizophrenia may therefore be an illusion—a false
: interpretation of a real sensory image formed by demons. A
: local faith healer in our region helps the patients with
: schizophrenia. His method of treatment seems to be
: successful because his patients become symptom free after 3
: months. Therefore, it would be useful for medical
: professions to work together with faith healers to define
: better treatment pathways for schizophrenia.
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: A Lecturer at Oxford University was having none of it, but her
: credential is a PhD in Philosophy, not Psychology. She does
: however quote more of the article above, which is behind a
: paywall. I notice in her staff picture she has a huge nose
: ring. I shouldn't hold that against her, should I?

: Her full rebuttal at link: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: What if schizophrenics really are possessed by demons, after
: all?
: Published June 3, 2014 | By Rebecca Roache, Royal Holloway
: University of London

:
: http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/06/what-if-schizophrenics-really-are-possessed-by-demons-after-all/
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