Mental health and mediumship: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

There is a lack of research examining the mental health of practicing mediums, yet the nature of mediumship work inherently presents a number of challenges to the mental health of practitioners. In this study, we aimed to gain an understanding of how mediums experience their mental health in relatio...

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Authors: Wilde, David J. (Author) ; Murray, Joanne (Author) ; Doherty, Paula (Author) ; Murray, Craig D. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 261-278
Further subjects:B Bereavement
B Medium
B psychic
B Qualitative
B Anomalous experience
B Trauma
B hearing voices
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