Parapsychology and Psychology Bibliography: III. Clinical Issues

Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, Research Fellow, Parapsychology Foundation

Alberti, G. (1974). Psychopathology and parapsychology: Some possible contacts. In A. Angoff & B. Shapin (Eds.), Parapsychology and the Sciences (pp. 225-233). New York: Parapsychology Foundation.

Belz, M. (2009). Aussergewöhnliche Erfahrungen [Exceptional Experiences]. Göttingen: Hogrefe. (Summary in German)

Belz, M., & Fach, W. (2015). Exceptional experiences (ExE) in clinical psychology. In E. Cardeña, J. Palmer, & D. Marcusson-Clavertz (Eds.), Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21^st Century (pp. 364-379). Jefferson, NC: Mcfarland.

Carpenter, J. C. (1986). Some thoughts on the relation between clinical psychology and parapsychology. In K.R. Rao (Ed.), Case Studies in Parapsychology (pp. 63-73). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Coly, L., & McMahon, J.D.S. (Eds.) (1993). Psi and Clinical Practice. New York: Parapsychology Foundation.

Devereux, G. (Ed.). (1953). Psychoanalysis and the Occult. New York: International University Press.

Ehrenwald, J. (1955). New Dimensions of Deep Analysis: A Study of Telepathy in Interpersonal Relationships. New York: Grune and Stratton.

Ehrenwald, J. (1978). The ESP Experience: A Psychiatric Validation. New York: Basic Books.

Eisenbud, J. (1970). Psi and Psychoanalysis: Studies in the Psychoanalysis of Psi-Conditioned Behavior. New York: Grune and Stratton.

Eisenbud, J. (1984). Parapsychology and the Unconscious. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.

Evrard, R. (2013). Psychopathologie et expériences exceptionnelles: Une revue de la littérature [Psychopathology and exceptional experiences: A review of the literature]. L’évolution psychiatrique, 78, 155–176. (Abstract)

Evrard, R. (2014). Folie et Paranormal: Vers une Clinique des Expériences Exceptionnelles [Madness and the Paranormal: Towards a Clinic of Exceptional Experiences]. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes. (Abstract in French)

Fach, W., Atmanspacher, H., Landolt, K., Wyss, T., & Rossler, W. (2013). A comparative study of exceptional experiences of clients seeking advice and of subjects in an ordinary population.” Frontiers of Psychology, 4

Ferguson, M.W. (1987). Problems in diagnosis concerning psychopathology and psychic phenomena. ASPR Newsletter, 13(3), 23-25.

Gomez Montanelli, D., & Parra, A. (2005). ¿Las experiencias paranormales son psicológicamente perturbadoras? Una encuesta comparando estudiantes universitarios y aficionados a temas paranormales [Are paranormal experiences psychologically disturbing? A survey comparing university students to those interested in paranormal topics]. Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 39, 285-294.

Greyson, B. (2007). Near-death experiences: Clinical implications. Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica, 34(supplement 1), 49-57.

Hastings, A. (1983). A counseling approach to parapsychological experience. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 15, 143-167.

Irwin, H. J. (1995). Clinical approaches to psi. EHE News, 2, 22-26.

Kennedy, J.E., & Kanthamani, H. (1995). An exploratory study of the effects of paranormal and spiritual experiences on peoples’ lives and well-being. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 89, 249-265.

Kramer, W., Bauer, E., & Hövelmann, G. (2012). Perspectives of Clinical Parapsychology : An Introductory Reader. Bunnik: Stichting HJBF.

Lazar, S.G. (2011). Knowing, influencing, and healing: Paranormal phenomena and implications for psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Inquiry: A Topical Journal for Mental Health Professionals, 21, 113-131. (Abstract)

Mintz, E. E., with Schmeidler, G.R. (1983). The Psychic Thread: Paranormal and Transpersonal Aspects of Psychotherapy. New York: Human Sciences Press.

Moreira-Almeida, A., Lotufo Neto, F., & Greyson, B. (2007). Dissociative and psychotic experiences in Brazilian Spiritist mediums. Psychotherapy and  Psychosomatics, 76, 57-58.

Morris, F. (1970). Emotional reactions to psychic experiences. Psychic, November-December, 26-30.

Parra, A. (Ed.). (2006). Psicología de las Experiencias Paranormales. Buenos Aires: Akadia. (Summary in Spanish)

Pasricha, S.K. (2011). Relevance of para-psychology in psychiatric practice. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 53, 4-8.

Rabeyron, T., & Watt, C. (2010). Paranormal experiences, mental health and mental boundaries, and psi. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 487–492. (Abstract)

Rogo, D.S. (1986). ESP and schizophrenia: An analysis from two perspectives. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 51, 329-342.

Rosenbaum, R. (2011). Exploring the other dark continent: Parallels between psi phenomena and the psychotherapeutic process. Psychoanalytic Review, 98, 57–90.

Roxburgh, E.C., & Roe, C, (2011). A survey of dissociation, boundary thinness, and psychological wellbeing in spiritualist mental mediumship.  Journal of Parapsychology, 75, 279-299.

Scimeca, G., Bruno, A., Pandolfo, G, La Ciura, G, Zoccali, R.A., Muscatello, M.R. (2015). Extrasensory perception experiences and childhood trauma: A Rorschach investigation. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 203, 856-63. (Abstract)

Simmonds-Moore, C. (Ed.). (2012). Exceptional Experience and Health: Essays on Mind, Body and Human Potential. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. (Summary)

Ullman, M. (1977). Psychopathology and psi phenomena. In B.B. Wolman (Ed.), Handbook of Parapsychology (pp. 557-574). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

West, D. J. (1960). Visionary and hallucinatory experiences: A comparative appraisal. International Journal of Parapsychology, 2, 89-100.

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