Fiery Tongues and Mystical Motivations: Glossolalia in a Forensic Population is Associated with Mania and Sexual/Religious Delusions

Hempel, Anthony G.; Meloy, J. Reid; Stern, Robert; Ozone, Shinichi John; Gray, B. Thomas

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“…Beyond the characterization of mentalization, an important finding of our study is that individuals with glossolalia did not meet the criteria of DSM-5 disorders, and their depression, anxiety, and schizotypy scores did not differ from the values of the non-glossolalist volunteers. Therefore, our results are against the hypothesis that glossolalia is a consequence of psychopathology (Cutten, 1927;Goodman, 1973;Samarin, 1973;Spencer, 1975;Brende and Rinsley, 1979;Hempel et al, 2002;Francis and Robbins, 2003;Reeves et al, 2014). However, we did not conduct a detailed personality assessment, and we cannot make a conclusion on individual differences between glossolalists and non-glossolalists.…”

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“…Three broad hypotheses are attempting to explain the origin and causes of glossolalia, emphasizing its relationship with psychopathology (i.e., disorganized thinking and speech in psychotic disorders) (Cutten, 1927;Goodman, 1973;Samarin, 1973;Spencer, 1975;Brende and Rinsley, 1979;Hempel et al, 2002;Francis and Robbins, 2003;Reeves et al, 2014), altered states of consciousness (Goodman, 1972;Kavan, 2004), and social learning (Kildahl, 1972;Malony and Lovekin, 1985;Spanos et al, 1986;Koic et al, 2005;Johnson, 2010). Despite initial research linking glossolalia to schizophrenia, mood disorders, and dissociative disorders (Cutten, 1927;Goodman, 1973;Samarin, 1973;Spencer, 1975;Brende and Rinsley, 1979;Hempel et al, 2002;Francis and Robbins, 2003;Reeves et al, 2014), there is scarce and inconsistent evidence that socially embedded glossolalia is an abnormal phenomenon (Castelein, 1984;Grady and Loewenthal, 1997;Johnson, 2010). For example, it has been shown that schizophasia (grossly disorganized and incoherent speech in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders) is linguistically distinguishable from glossolalia (Samarin, 1973).…”

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Glossolalia ("speaking in tongues") is a rhythmic utterance of pseudo-words without consistent semantic meaning and syntactic regularities. Although glossolalia is a culturally embedded religious activity, its connection with psychopathology (e.g., psychotic thought disorder and altered mental state attribution/mentalization) is still a matter of debate. To elucidate this issue, we investigated 32 glossolalists, 32 matched control participants, and 32 patients with schizophrenia using the Animated Triangle Test (ATT) and the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET). The ATT can detect hypo-and hypermentalization using animations of two moving triangles. Healthy adults describe these as random movements (e.g., bouncing), willed actions (e.g., playing), or they mentalize (e.g., tricking). We found that glossolalists provided more mentalizing descriptions in the ATT random and intentional movement animations relative to the control participants. They also recognized more mental states in the RMET than the controls. None of them had a diagnosis of mental disorders. In contrast, patients with schizophrenia hypermentalized only in the ATT random movement condition, whereas they showed hypomentalization in the ATT intentional movement condition and in the RMET relative the control subjects. Hypermentalization in the ATT positively correlated with intrinsic religiosity in the glossolalia group. In conclusion, our results demonstrated a substantial difference in the mentalizing ability of glossolalists (generalized hypermentalization) and patients with schizophrenia (both hypo-and hypermentalization).

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“…Outros cinco estudos apontam a coincidência entre sintomas maníacos e maior ocorrên-cia de sintomas místicos [6][7][8][9]11,[14][15][16] . O estudo de Sedman e Hopkinson 6 aponta para uma frequente coincidência entre a ocorrência de delírios místicos e alterações do humor.…”

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Religiosidade e espiritualidade no transtorno bipolar do humor

Stroppa¹,

Moreira‐Almeida²

2009

Rev. psiquiatr. clín.

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ResumoContexto: Nos últimos vinte anos, estudos sistematizados têm identificado uma relação positiva entre espiritualidade/religiosidade (R/E) e saúde, notadamente saúde mental. Entretanto, são escassas as informações sobre R/E e transtorno bipolar do humor (TBH). Este artigo objetiva revisar as evidências disponíveis sobre estas relações. Métodos: Foram cruzadas as palavras "bipolar", "mania" e "manic" com as palavras "religio*" e "spiritu*" nas bases de dados PubMed e PsychINFO em novembro de 2008. Foram encontrados 122 artigos publicados entre os anos de 1957 e 2008. Resultado: Os estudos apontam que pacientes bipolares tendem a apresentar maior envolvimento religioso/espiritual, maior frequência de relatos de conversão e experiências de salvação e uso mais frequente de coping religioso e espiritual (CRE) que pessoas com outros transtornos mentais. Indicam ainda, uma relação frequente e significativa entre sintomas maníacos e experiências místicas. Os estudos mais relevantes encontrados na literatura foram agrupados nesta revisão em cinco tópicos: delírios místicos, religiosidade e espiritualidade, coping religioso-espiritual, recursos comunitários e comunidades tradicionais. Conclusão: O TBH e a R/E possuem intensa e complexa inter-relação. Estudos sobre práticas religiosas saudáveis, espiritualidade e recursos de coping merecem ser ampliados, bem como sua relação com o cumprimento do tratamento e as recorrências da doença, as intervenções psicoterápicas e a psicoeducação de base espiritual. AbstractBackground: Over the past twenty years, systematic studies have identified a positive relationship between spirituality/ religiosity (S/R) and health, especially mental health. Although there is only scant information about S/R and BipolarDisorder. Methods: The words "bipolar", "mania" and "manic" were crossed with the words "religio*" and "spiritu*" in the databases PubMed and PsychINFO in November 2008. It was found 122 articles published between 1957 and 2008. Results: The studies indicate that bipolar patients have a greater religious/spiritual concern and involvement, more reports of conversion, experiences of salvation and a more frequent use of spiritual/religious coping, than people with other mental disorders. It also indicates a frequent and significant relationship between manic symptoms and mystical experiences, and changes in the intensity of faith after the onset of the disorder. The most relevant studies in the literature were distributed by subjects: mystical delusions, religiosity and spirituality, spiritual-religious coping, community resources and traditional communities. Conclusion: The number of studies about healthy religious practices, spirituality, and coping among bipolar patients should be expanded, as soon as its relation to accession, compliance with treatment and recurrences of the disease. Greater attention should be given to investigate the relationships between religiosity, religious coping, psychotherapeutic interventions, and based-spiritual psychoeducation.

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Fiery Tongues and Mystical Motivations: Glossolalia in a Forensic Population is Associated with Mania and Sexual/Religious Delusions

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Attribution of Mental States in Glossolalia: A Direct Comparison With Schizophrenia

Attribution of Mental States in Glossolalia: A Direct Comparison With Schizophrenia

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