[en] Near death experiences (NDEs) are increasingly being reported as a clearly identifiable physiological and psychological reality of clinical significance. Empirical studies of NDEs have mostly been conducted in patients with life threatening situations such as cardiac arrest [1-5] or (albeit more rarely) in patients with severe traumatic brain injury[6].
To the best of our knowledge, no study has formally compared the influence of the cause of coma to the intensity or content of the NDE.
Using the Greyson NDE scale [7], the present retrospective study aimed at: (1) exploring the NDE intensity and content in “NDE-like” accounts following non-life-threatening events versus “real NDE” following coma; (2) comparing the “real NDE” characteristics according to the etiology of the brain damage (anoxic, traumatic or other) and; (3) comparing our retrospectively obtained data in anoxic coma to historical previously published prospectively collected post-anoxic NDEs.
Research Center/Unit :
GIGA CRC (Cyclotron Research Center) In vivo Imaging-Aging & Memory - ULiège
Laureys, Steven ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Language :
English
Title :
Near-death experiences in non-life-threatening events and coma of different etiologies.
Publication date :
16 September 2014
Event name :
XVI World Congress of the World Psychiatry Association
Event organizer :
Pedro Ruiz, M.D.
Event place :
Madrid, Spain
Event date :
from 14-09-2014 to 18-09-2014
Audience :
International
European Projects :
FP7 - 247919 - DECODER - Deployment of Brain-Computer Interfaces for the Detection of Consciousness in Non-Responsive Patients
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique EC - European Commission Tinnitus Research Initiative ERDF - European Regional Development Fund Fonds Léon Fredericq JSMF - James S McDonnell Foundation French-Speaking Community of Belgium CHU Liège - Central University Hospital of Liege
Funding text :
This research was supported by the European Commission (European ICT Programme Projects FP7-247919 DECODER), the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research (FNRS), the Tinnitus Prize 2011 (FNRS 9.4501.12), FEDER structural fund RADIOMED-930549, Fonds Léon Fredericq, the James McDonnell Foundation, the French Speaking Community Concerted Research Action and the University and University Hospital of Liège.
