Brain Tumor-Associated Psychosis and Spirituality—A Case Report
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15519689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lars Levi Dutschke (University Hospital of Bern), Sarah Steinau (University Hospital of Bern), Roland Wiest (0000-0001-7030-2045, University of Bern), Sebastian Walther (0000-0003-4026-3561, University of Bern, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Pages | 237-237 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00237 |
| PMID | 29184514 |
| OpenAlex | W2768843184 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
This case report describes a patient with a dysembryogenic neuroepithelial tumor localized in the posterior thalamus and internal capsule, which presented with psychosis including religiously determined severe self-mutilation, auditory hallucinations, and rituals. The patient's history includes periodic religiousness over decades of her life suggesting that spirituality in this case might be a symptom of tumor progression. Our case reports on the topology-related effect of lesions on different brain networks involved in the phenomenology of the patient's psychotic symptoms
Auditory hallucination · Hermeneutic phenomenology · Internal capsule · Lived experience · Magnetic resonance imaging · Pathology · Phenomenology (philosophy · Psychiatry · Psychosis · Psychotherapist · Radiology · Spirituality · Thalamus · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Schizophrenia research and treatment
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |