Samuel Pfeifer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5708713 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Pfeifer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Pfeifer |
| SIGNATURE | PFEIFER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Psychiatric Clinic Sonnenhalde Basel, Switzerland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Anxiety, depression, and religiosity—a controlled clinical study
Studies on religiosity and mental health have yielded mixed results. There are few studies in clinical settings, many of which are limited to an older population. This study had the goal of firstly exploring the interrelation of neuroticism and religiosity in clinically diagnosed patients compared with a group of healthy controls, and secondly, exploring differential aspects of positive or negative perceptions of religion in the individual. Metho…
Faith-induced Neurosis
Psychopathology in religious patients is often attributed to their faith. Even within the Christian therapeutic community, there are several labels suggesting faith-induced pathology, such as Toxic Faith, or Adult Children of Evangelicals. A European equivalent is found in the term Ecclesiogenic Neurosis. These concepts are examined critically for their consistency as a construct. Empirical research and clinical experience suggest that psychopath…
Belief in demons and exorcism in psychiatric patients in Switzerland
Belief in demons as the cause of mental health problems is a well‐known phenomenon in many cultures of the world. However, there is little literature on this phenomenon in Protestant subcultures of the West. The author conducted a systematic investigation of the prevalence of this attribution in 343 mainly Protestant out‐patients of a psychiatric clinic in Switzerland, who described themselves as religious. Of these, 129 (37.6 per cent) believed …
Belief in demons and exorcism in psychiatric patients in Switzerland
Belief in demons as the cause of mental health problems is a well‐known phenomenon in many cultures of the world. However, there is little literature on this phenomenon in Protestant subcultures of the West. The author conducted a systematic investigation of the prevalence of this attribution in 343 mainly Protestant out‐patients of a psychiatric clinic in Switzerland, who described themselves as religious. Of these, 129 (37.6 per cent) believed …
Faith-induced Neurosis
Psychopathology in religious patients is often attributed to their faith. Even within the Christian therapeutic community, there are several labels suggesting faith-induced pathology, such as Toxic Faith, or Adult Children of Evangelicals. A European equivalent is found in the term Ecclesiogenic Neurosis. These concepts are examined critically for their consistency as a construct. Empirical research and clinical experience suggest that psychopath…
Belief in demons and exorcism in psychiatric patients in Switzerland
Belief in demons as the cause of mental health problems is a well‐known phenomenon in many cultures of the world. However, there is little literature on this phenomenon in Protestant subcultures of the West. The author conducted a systematic investigation of the prevalence of this attribution in 343 mainly Protestant out‐patients of a psychiatric clinic in Switzerland, who described themselves as religious. Of these, 129 (37.6 per cent) believed …
Anxiety, depression, and religiosity—a controlled clinical study
Studies on religiosity and mental health have yielded mixed results. There are few studies in clinical settings, many of which are limited to an older population. This study had the goal of firstly exploring the interrelation of neuroticism and religiosity in clinically diagnosed patients compared with a group of healthy controls, and secondly, exploring differential aspects of positive or negative perceptions of religion in the individual. Metho…
Psychology (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works) · Anxiety (2 works) · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychopathology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Theological Perspectives and Practices (2 works) · Attribution (1 works)