Louise Spiers
Biographic Data
| ID | 8679194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise Spiers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Spiers |
| SIGNATURE | SPIERS L |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9261-068X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dreamy States and Cosmic Wanderings
The medical model attributes religious and spiritual experiences in epilepsy to delusional or hallucinatory events, sometimes diagnosed as a form of ictal psychosis with its causation lying in epileptic symptomatology. Individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy rarely discuss experiences with medical professionals, fearing judgment and pathologization. I problematize understanding these experiences in a strictly biomedical manner. A medical case stu…
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Dreamy States and Cosmic Wanderings
The medical model attributes religious and spiritual experiences in epilepsy to delusional or hallucinatory events, sometimes diagnosed as a form of ictal psychosis with its causation lying in epileptic symptomatology. Individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy rarely discuss experiences with medical professionals, fearing judgment and pathologization. I problematize understanding these experiences in a strictly biomedical manner. A medical case stu…
Causation (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Hermeneutic phenomenology (1 works) · Lived experience (1 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (1 works) · Narrative (1 works) · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Psychoanalysis (1 works)