Demonic Possession and Disorders

French, Christopher C.. 2022. Demonic Possession and Disorders. In: Stephen Hupp and Richard Wiseman, eds. Investigating Pop Psychology: Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies. New York: Routledge, pp. 130-138. ISBN 9780367620684 [Book Section]

Copy

Written by an anomalistic psychologist, this chapter examines claims related to demonic possession in both the Christian and Muslim faiths. The chapter focuses on possession as an explanation for some conditions including epilepsy, Tourette's disorder, and schizophrenia. It includes a section on pop culture and public perception. The chapter concludes by attempting to understand beliefs.

Item Type	Book Section
Departments, Centres and Research Units	Psychology
Date Deposited	10 Jan 2023 13:31
Last Modified	10 Jan 2023 13:32

Explore Further

French, Christopher C.

Psychology

Full text not available from this repository.

Atom

BibTeX

OpenURL ContextObject in Span

OpenURL ContextObject

Dublin Core

MPEG-21 DIDL

Data Cite XML

EndNote

HTML Citation

METS

MODS

RIOXX2 XML

Reference Manager

Refer

ASCII Citation

Export

Downloads