A psychiatry's conception about mediumistic phenomena: considerations on the mental health of the subject

Abstract

This project aimed to investigate the psychiatrist’s conception of the mediumistic phenomena and his considerations on the mental health of the subject who experiences the mediumistic phenomena. This a qualitative research used a semi-structured interview as instrument for obtaining the data that were treated according to the method of categorical content analysis. Understanding the psychiatrists' conception of the mediumistic phenomenona is relevant because from this understanding different professional treatments can be offered, having a direct and / or indirect impact on the mental health of the patient.