The Shaman and Schizophrenia, Revisited
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 30. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09840-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper presents evidence that some-but not all-religious experts in a particular faith may have a schizophrenia-like psychotic process which is managed or mitigated by their religious practice, in that they are able to function effectively and are not identified by their community as ill. We conducted careful phenomenological interviews, in conjunction with a novel probe, with okomfo, priests of the traditional religion in Ghana who speak with their gods. They shared common understandings of how priests hear gods speak. Des...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tanya Marie Luhrmann John Dulin Vivian Dzokoto Source Type: research
'He Should Party a Little Less': Evolving Orthodox Religiosities in Psychotherapeutic Interventions Among Jewish Gay Men
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09841-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDrawing on interviews with Jewish Orthodox psychotherapists in Israel and on sources that represent the social, political, and cultural milieu within which these therapists work, we analyze the practices they use when working with religious gay men. Given debates and prohibitions on homosexuality in Jewish law, the therapists deploy three practices: reproducing religious norms, allowing homosexuality to be privately acknowledged while advocating its concealment from the public eye, or adopting religious distinctions that enable...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Einat Bar Dror Yehuda C Goodman Source Type: research
'He Should Party a Little Less': Evolving Orthodox Religiosities in Psychotherapeutic Interventions Among Jewish Gay Men
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09841-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDrawing on interviews with Jewish Orthodox psychotherapists in Israel and on sources that represent the social, political, and cultural milieu within which these therapists work, we analyze the practices they use when working with religious gay men. Given debates and prohibitions on homosexuality in Jewish law, the therapists deploy three practices: reproducing religious norms, allowing homosexuality to be privately acknowledged while advocating its concealment from the public eye, or adopting religious distinctions that enable...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Einat Bar Dror Yehuda C Goodman Source Type: research
'He Should Party a Little Less': Evolving Orthodox Religiosities in Psychotherapeutic Interventions Among Jewish Gay Men
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09841-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDrawing on interviews with Jewish Orthodox psychotherapists in Israel and on sources that represent the social, political, and cultural milieu within which these therapists work, we analyze the practices they use when working with religious gay men. Given debates and prohibitions on homosexuality in Jewish law, the therapists deploy three practices: reproducing religious norms, allowing homosexuality to be privately acknowledged while advocating its concealment from the public eye, or adopting religious distinctions that enable...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Einat Bar Dror Yehuda C Goodman Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Thriving Despite the Odds: Digital Capital and Reimagined Life Projects Among Mexican College Students During COVID-19
This study examines how some college students in Mexico coped with and overcame these challenges. Our research draws on journals of and in-depth interviews with Mexican college students who participated in the Pandemic Journaling Project-a combined online journaling platform and research study. Participant accounts describe challenges students experienced navigating the rapid roll-out of online education. However, over time, many of the students in our study cultivated a renewed sense of purpose in their educational activities. They attributed this shift in perspective to their ability to carve out new approaches to social...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - November 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Heather M Wurtz Maria Hernandez Madeline Baird Source Type: research
Psychiatry, Law, and Revolution: A View from Egypt
Cult Med Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 14. doi: 10.1007/s11013-023-09837-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn 2009, Egypt adopted the "Law for the Care of Mental Patients," a rights-based legislation intended to bring the country's mental health system-otherwise defined by resource gaps and chronic underfunding-closer to global standards of care. Yet, the new act stirred dissension among Egyptian psychiatrists. And, in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 uprising, debates about the 2009 law became intertwined with debates about the present and future of the 'new Egypt.' Based on field research in Cairo, this article provides an ethn...
Source: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry - October 14, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ana Vinea Source Type: research
