David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0005
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter describes the four major subgroups within Judaism: secular Jews, traditional Jews, modern orthodox Jews, and ultra-orthodox Jews. Secular Jews consider themselves Jewish by birth alone; ...
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This chapter describes the four major subgroups within Judaism: secular Jews, traditional Jews, modern orthodox Jews, and ultra-orthodox Jews. Secular Jews consider themselves Jewish by birth alone; they may assign no religious significance to their Jewishness. Traditional Jews retain certain religious practices, usually those with a strong social or family component, such as the traditional family meal on the first night of Passover, or fasting and attending synagogue services on Yom Kippur. Modern orthodox Jews balance a commitment to two sets of values. They retain the range of religious practices while being active in the secular world, accepting all work and study as long as they do not overtly contravene religious law. Ultra-orthodox Jews believe that Jewish law is holy and that religious observance is the first responsibility of Jews.Less
This chapter describes the four major subgroups within Judaism: secular Jews, traditional Jews, modern orthodox Jews, and ultra-orthodox Jews. Secular Jews consider themselves Jewish by birth alone; they may assign no religious significance to their Jewishness. Traditional Jews retain certain religious practices, usually those with a strong social or family component, such as the traditional family meal on the first night of Passover, or fasting and attending synagogue services on Yom Kippur. Modern orthodox Jews balance a commitment to two sets of values. They retain the range of religious practices while being active in the secular world, accepting all work and study as long as they do not overtly contravene religious law. Ultra-orthodox Jews believe that Jewish law is holy and that religious observance is the first responsibility of Jews.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0004
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter explores the union of Western psychiatry and the ultra-orthodox community, based on the concept of shidduch, the arranged matrimonial match. The groom is a composite of two male Israeli ...
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This chapter explores the union of Western psychiatry and the ultra-orthodox community, based on the concept of shidduch, the arranged matrimonial match. The groom is a composite of two male Israeli psychiatrists who work closely with the ultra-orthodox Jewish population. Both are part of a medical tradition which takes for granted that everything the therapist observes in or is told by patients can be subsumed within its omniscient structure. Yet it is shown that providing clinical care to the ultra-orthodox community—the bride—is a matter of considerable complexity.Less
This chapter explores the union of Western psychiatry and the ultra-orthodox community, based on the concept of shidduch, the arranged matrimonial match. The groom is a composite of two male Israeli psychiatrists who work closely with the ultra-orthodox Jewish population. Both are part of a medical tradition which takes for granted that everything the therapist observes in or is told by patients can be subsumed within its omniscient structure. Yet it is shown that providing clinical care to the ultra-orthodox community—the bride—is a matter of considerable complexity.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0021
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter suggests ways to improve the quality of care for the ultra-orthodox community. Due to the relatively large size of ultra-orthodox families, more than 50 percent of all Jewish primary ...
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This chapter suggests ways to improve the quality of care for the ultra-orthodox community. Due to the relatively large size of ultra-orthodox families, more than 50 percent of all Jewish primary school children in Jerusalem are ultra-orthodox. Within a single generation, the ultra-orthodox may become the largest group in the Jewish community in the nation's capital. The issue of provision of mental health care is therefore of immediate practical importance. How service providers facilitate the meeting of two cultures is relevant wherever such an encounter occurs, be it in Israel, with its new Soviet and Ethiopian immigrants, or in any country whose community mental health services attempt to reach out to minorities.Less
This chapter suggests ways to improve the quality of care for the ultra-orthodox community. Due to the relatively large size of ultra-orthodox families, more than 50 percent of all Jewish primary school children in Jerusalem are ultra-orthodox. Within a single generation, the ultra-orthodox may become the largest group in the Jewish community in the nation's capital. The issue of provision of mental health care is therefore of immediate practical importance. How service providers facilitate the meeting of two cultures is relevant wherever such an encounter occurs, be it in Israel, with its new Soviet and Ethiopian immigrants, or in any country whose community mental health services attempt to reach out to minorities.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0002
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
In 1972 the Ministry of Health divided the Jewish section of Jerusalem into four zones, and mental health clinics were opened in each, administered by the city's four psychiatric hospitals. The ...
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In 1972 the Ministry of Health divided the Jewish section of Jerusalem into four zones, and mental health clinics were opened in each, administered by the city's four psychiatric hospitals. The northern quarter, home of the ultra-orthodox community of Mea Shearim, was assigned to Ezrat Nashim Hospital. This chapter provides an overview of the authors' experiences working at the clinic in Ezrat Nashim.Less
In 1972 the Ministry of Health divided the Jewish section of Jerusalem into four zones, and mental health clinics were opened in each, administered by the city's four psychiatric hospitals. The northern quarter, home of the ultra-orthodox community of Mea Shearim, was assigned to Ezrat Nashim Hospital. This chapter provides an overview of the authors' experiences working at the clinic in Ezrat Nashim.
Menachem Mautner
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199383009
- eISBN:
- 9780190203603
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199383009.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter addresses the exclusion of women from Torah study through a fictive dialogue between a liberal and an Ultra-Orthodox Jew. This dialogic exchange represents a suitable scholarly approach ...
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This chapter addresses the exclusion of women from Torah study through a fictive dialogue between a liberal and an Ultra-Orthodox Jew. This dialogic exchange represents a suitable scholarly approach for cases of intercultural encounters; unlike traditional dialogues, however, this exchange benefits from literary and socio-legal sources, as well as customary ones, such as the Torah. This chapter discusses the foundational problems in understanding other cultures, the challenges in establishing a functional dialogue between parties as well as the divergent understandings and foundations of religion and tradition. This dialogue also considers the exclusion of women from Torah study from the perspective of the value of equality, which highlights a fundamental difference, articulated as “discrimination” by one and expressed as “distinction” by the other. In closing, this chapter submits that one understanding that emerges from this dialogue is the need to ground normative evaluations on a close examination of the facts.Less
This chapter addresses the exclusion of women from Torah study through a fictive dialogue between a liberal and an Ultra-Orthodox Jew. This dialogic exchange represents a suitable scholarly approach for cases of intercultural encounters; unlike traditional dialogues, however, this exchange benefits from literary and socio-legal sources, as well as customary ones, such as the Torah. This chapter discusses the foundational problems in understanding other cultures, the challenges in establishing a functional dialogue between parties as well as the divergent understandings and foundations of religion and tradition. This dialogue also considers the exclusion of women from Torah study from the perspective of the value of equality, which highlights a fundamental difference, articulated as “discrimination” by one and expressed as “distinction” by the other. In closing, this chapter submits that one understanding that emerges from this dialogue is the need to ground normative evaluations on a close examination of the facts.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter describes a hypothetical situation involving an Israeli psychiatrist and an ultra-orthodox Jewish man. When the psychiatrist asks the patient how he is, the patient gives responses which ...
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This chapter describes a hypothetical situation involving an Israeli psychiatrist and an ultra-orthodox Jewish man. When the psychiatrist asks the patient how he is, the patient gives responses which are seemingly evasive or unrelated to the question. The chapter explains how miscommunication can arise between the psychiatrist and the patient because of the ultra-orthodox Jewish man's religious beliefs.Less
This chapter describes a hypothetical situation involving an Israeli psychiatrist and an ultra-orthodox Jewish man. When the psychiatrist asks the patient how he is, the patient gives responses which are seemingly evasive or unrelated to the question. The chapter explains how miscommunication can arise between the psychiatrist and the patient because of the ultra-orthodox Jewish man's religious beliefs.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0020
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter focuses on the difficulties of establishing a structural and ideological framework for providing mental health care to the ultra-orthodox community. It discusses rabbinic opinion on ...
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This chapter focuses on the difficulties of establishing a structural and ideological framework for providing mental health care to the ultra-orthodox community. It discusses rabbinic opinion on psychological services; debates in the ultra-orthodox press over the subject of psychology and psychiatry; the reasons behind rabbinic authorities' rejection of psychiatry in general and psychotherapy in particular.Less
This chapter focuses on the difficulties of establishing a structural and ideological framework for providing mental health care to the ultra-orthodox community. It discusses rabbinic opinion on psychological services; debates in the ultra-orthodox press over the subject of psychology and psychiatry; the reasons behind rabbinic authorities' rejection of psychiatry in general and psychotherapy in particular.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0015
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter discusses the link between ultra-orthodox baalei teshuva and psychiatric disorder. It first considers the normative aspects of the baal teshuva movement, particularly the underlying ...
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This chapter discusses the link between ultra-orthodox baalei teshuva and psychiatric disorder. It first considers the normative aspects of the baal teshuva movement, particularly the underlying historical and sociological factors and the internal influences that can lead individuals to such a drastic change in position, from being the camel who protects the state and develops its economy to being the camel that bears “the yoke of the kingdom of heaven”.Less
This chapter discusses the link between ultra-orthodox baalei teshuva and psychiatric disorder. It first considers the normative aspects of the baal teshuva movement, particularly the underlying historical and sociological factors and the internal influences that can lead individuals to such a drastic change in position, from being the camel who protects the state and develops its economy to being the camel that bears “the yoke of the kingdom of heaven”.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are isolated from the secular community that surrounds them not only physically but by their dress, behaviors, and beliefs. Their relationship with secular society is ...
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Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are isolated from the secular community that surrounds them not only physically but by their dress, behaviors, and beliefs. Their relationship with secular society is characterized by social, religious, and political tensions. The differences between the ultra-orthodox and secular often pose special difficulties for psychiatrists who attempt to deal with their needs. In this book, two Western-trained psychiatrists discuss their mental health work with this community over the past two decades. With humor and affection they elaborate on some of the factors that make it difficult to treat or even to diagnose the ultra-orthodox, present case studies, and relate their observations of this religious community to the management of mental health services for other fundamentalist, anti-secular groups.Less
Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are isolated from the secular community that surrounds them not only physically but by their dress, behaviors, and beliefs. Their relationship with secular society is characterized by social, religious, and political tensions. The differences between the ultra-orthodox and secular often pose special difficulties for psychiatrists who attempt to deal with their needs. In this book, two Western-trained psychiatrists discuss their mental health work with this community over the past two decades. With humor and affection they elaborate on some of the factors that make it difficult to treat or even to diagnose the ultra-orthodox, present case studies, and relate their observations of this religious community to the management of mental health services for other fundamentalist, anti-secular groups.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0026
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter examines the issue of trust in the practice of psychiatry. It addresses questions such as: Is trust unidirectional? Does the onus to be trustworthy fall only on the therapist? It also ...
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This chapter examines the issue of trust in the practice of psychiatry. It addresses questions such as: Is trust unidirectional? Does the onus to be trustworthy fall only on the therapist? It also describes the cases of two malingerers who feigned mental illness in order to evade army service.Less
This chapter examines the issue of trust in the practice of psychiatry. It addresses questions such as: Is trust unidirectional? Does the onus to be trustworthy fall only on the therapist? It also describes the cases of two malingerers who feigned mental illness in order to evade army service.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0012
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
The performance of the commandments is central to Jewish life, particularly ultra-orthodox Jewish life. There are 613 commandments in the Torah, of which 248 are positive (“Thou shalt” as opposed to ...
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The performance of the commandments is central to Jewish life, particularly ultra-orthodox Jewish life. There are 613 commandments in the Torah, of which 248 are positive (“Thou shalt” as opposed to “Thou shalt not”). These are the foundation for the performance of specific activities as evidence of religious commitment. This chapter describes normal ritual in ultra-orthodox Jewish life from several vantage points: its development, its pervasive presence in religious rather than secular daily life, and the range of roles it fulfills.Less
The performance of the commandments is central to Jewish life, particularly ultra-orthodox Jewish life. There are 613 commandments in the Torah, of which 248 are positive (“Thou shalt” as opposed to “Thou shalt not”). These are the foundation for the performance of specific activities as evidence of religious commitment. This chapter describes normal ritual in ultra-orthodox Jewish life from several vantage points: its development, its pervasive presence in religious rather than secular daily life, and the range of roles it fulfills.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0013
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter examines the religious rituals that often become obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in ultra-orthodox patients to determine whether there are limits to the expectations of ...
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This chapter examines the religious rituals that often become obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in ultra-orthodox patients to determine whether there are limits to the expectations of religious ritual and, consequently, whether it is possible to define compulsive behaviors as excessive and pathological. If these behaviors emerge from a body of law that encourages care and order and that even condones checking and repetition—all of which are cardinal aspects of compulsive behaviors—and if the rabbis over the generations have tended to add “fences” of further restrictions around the law, then it may be that the law never limits the lengths to which adherents should go to avoid slipping into error. Such an attitude is likely to make diagnosis difficult. It can dissuade the patient from viewing himself as unwell and could make any attempt at a therapy that limited these precautionary measures religiously indefensible.Less
This chapter examines the religious rituals that often become obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in ultra-orthodox patients to determine whether there are limits to the expectations of religious ritual and, consequently, whether it is possible to define compulsive behaviors as excessive and pathological. If these behaviors emerge from a body of law that encourages care and order and that even condones checking and repetition—all of which are cardinal aspects of compulsive behaviors—and if the rabbis over the generations have tended to add “fences” of further restrictions around the law, then it may be that the law never limits the lengths to which adherents should go to avoid slipping into error. Such an attitude is likely to make diagnosis difficult. It can dissuade the patient from viewing himself as unwell and could make any attempt at a therapy that limited these precautionary measures religiously indefensible.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0014
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter analyzes data from clinical work with ultra-orthodox obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) sufferers and from epidemiological studies in several countries to address the following ...
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This chapter analyzes data from clinical work with ultra-orthodox obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) sufferers and from epidemiological studies in several countries to address the following question: Does religious ritual induce OCD? It focuses on three issues: the selectivity of religious compulsions among religious practices, the presence of religious and nonreligious symptoms among OCD sufferers, and the distribution of OCD in different cultures.Less
This chapter analyzes data from clinical work with ultra-orthodox obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) sufferers and from epidemiological studies in several countries to address the following question: Does religious ritual induce OCD? It focuses on three issues: the selectivity of religious compulsions among religious practices, the presence of religious and nonreligious symptoms among OCD sufferers, and the distribution of OCD in different cultures.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0010
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter examines why nocturnal hallucinations predominantly affect ultra-orthodox teenage boys with a history of learning difficulties. The following unique aspects of ultra-orthodox life are ...
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This chapter examines why nocturnal hallucinations predominantly affect ultra-orthodox teenage boys with a history of learning difficulties. The following unique aspects of ultra-orthodox life are analyzed for their influence: (i) growing up with learning difficulties in an environment where academic achievement is the pinnacle of success and no alternative is countenanced; (ii) the challenges presented by such important milestones in life as bar mitzvah, adolescence, and leaving home to live in a yeshiva; (iii) the impact of loss; (iv) the meaning of night in ultra-orthodox Judaism; and (v) the differences between the sexes.Less
This chapter examines why nocturnal hallucinations predominantly affect ultra-orthodox teenage boys with a history of learning difficulties. The following unique aspects of ultra-orthodox life are analyzed for their influence: (i) growing up with learning difficulties in an environment where academic achievement is the pinnacle of success and no alternative is countenanced; (ii) the challenges presented by such important milestones in life as bar mitzvah, adolescence, and leaving home to live in a yeshiva; (iii) the impact of loss; (iv) the meaning of night in ultra-orthodox Judaism; and (v) the differences between the sexes.
Jeffrey Shandler
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814740675
- eISBN:
- 9780814708880
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814740675.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter explores how Lubavitcher hasidim, based in Brooklyn, New York, have used broadcasting, video, and the Internet, among other media, to advance their distinctive mission during the past ...
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This chapter explores how Lubavitcher hasidim, based in Brooklyn, New York, have used broadcasting, video, and the Internet, among other media, to advance their distinctive mission during the past half of the century. Unique among ultra-Orthodox Jews, the hasidim deploy media extensively in their outreach campaigns, which strive to encourage other Jews to become more observant of traditional religious precepts. Media also play a provocative role in the group’s messianism, which has become more complicated since the death, over a decade ago, of the last Lubavitcher rebbe, who left his followers without a successor to his leadership. Consequently, the extensive inventory of media documentation of his public appearances has come to serve many of his followers as a “virtual rebbe,” providing them with a source of devotional inspiration and solidarity as an international religious community.Less
This chapter explores how Lubavitcher hasidim, based in Brooklyn, New York, have used broadcasting, video, and the Internet, among other media, to advance their distinctive mission during the past half of the century. Unique among ultra-Orthodox Jews, the hasidim deploy media extensively in their outreach campaigns, which strive to encourage other Jews to become more observant of traditional religious precepts. Media also play a provocative role in the group’s messianism, which has become more complicated since the death, over a decade ago, of the last Lubavitcher rebbe, who left his followers without a successor to his leadership. Consequently, the extensive inventory of media documentation of his public appearances has come to serve many of his followers as a “virtual rebbe,” providing them with a source of devotional inspiration and solidarity as an international religious community.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0017
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter describes the authors' encounters with patients who were members of the group known as Bratslav hasidim. Bratslav hasidim are viewed by many ultra-orthodox as extreme, separate, and ...
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This chapter describes the authors' encounters with patients who were members of the group known as Bratslav hasidim. Bratslav hasidim are viewed by many ultra-orthodox as extreme, separate, and strange in their customs. The authors needed to become acquainted with the behavior and values of the sect in order to distinguish between culturally normal and abnormal symptomatology. This led to a study of the life and teachings of the founder of the sect, Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav.Less
This chapter describes the authors' encounters with patients who were members of the group known as Bratslav hasidim. Bratslav hasidim are viewed by many ultra-orthodox as extreme, separate, and strange in their customs. The authors needed to become acquainted with the behavior and values of the sect in order to distinguish between culturally normal and abnormal symptomatology. This led to a study of the life and teachings of the founder of the sect, Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0009
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter describes a phenomenon that is unique to the ultra-orthodox Jewish population of Israel, called nocturnal hallucinations. The main external behaviors are extreme social withdrawal, ...
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This chapter describes a phenomenon that is unique to the ultra-orthodox Jewish population of Israel, called nocturnal hallucinations. The main external behaviors are extreme social withdrawal, especially from strangers, neglect of personal hygiene, a near-catatonic immobility, and monosyllabic replies in conversation. The hallucinations associated with these behaviors are experienced by young men only or predominantly at night.Less
This chapter describes a phenomenon that is unique to the ultra-orthodox Jewish population of Israel, called nocturnal hallucinations. The main external behaviors are extreme social withdrawal, especially from strangers, neglect of personal hygiene, a near-catatonic immobility, and monosyllabic replies in conversation. The hallucinations associated with these behaviors are experienced by young men only or predominantly at night.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0011
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter examines the diagnosis of nocturnal hallucinations and the general presentations of which it is part. It suggests that the content of nocturnal hallucinations can be understood as a ...
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This chapter examines the diagnosis of nocturnal hallucinations and the general presentations of which it is part. It suggests that the content of nocturnal hallucinations can be understood as a combination of childhood fears, based on culturally consistent spirits and the souls of the departed. The diagnoses are likely to be varied, including psychotic states, grief reactions, depression and anxiety, and chronic adjustment difficulties; these are in many cases secondary to lifelong learning difficulties.Less
This chapter examines the diagnosis of nocturnal hallucinations and the general presentations of which it is part. It suggests that the content of nocturnal hallucinations can be understood as a combination of childhood fears, based on culturally consistent spirits and the souls of the departed. The diagnoses are likely to be varied, including psychotic states, grief reactions, depression and anxiety, and chronic adjustment difficulties; these are in many cases secondary to lifelong learning difficulties.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0008
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter focuses on the difficulty of distinguishing between visions and hallucinations, particularly with regard to belief in angels. It first considers two aspects of hallucinations: the ...
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This chapter focuses on the difficulty of distinguishing between visions and hallucinations, particularly with regard to belief in angels. It first considers two aspects of hallucinations: the person's insight into his experience and condition, and his general level of functioning. It then turns to the content of the experiences themselves. It suggests that it is appropriate for an ultra-orthodox person in the twenty-first century to believe in the existence of angels, even though he does not expect to see them.Less
This chapter focuses on the difficulty of distinguishing between visions and hallucinations, particularly with regard to belief in angels. It first considers two aspects of hallucinations: the person's insight into his experience and condition, and his general level of functioning. It then turns to the content of the experiences themselves. It suggests that it is appropriate for an ultra-orthodox person in the twenty-first century to believe in the existence of angels, even though he does not expect to see them.
David Greenberg and Eliezer Witztum
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300071917
- eISBN:
- 9780300131994
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300071917.003.0027
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter presents some concluding thoughts from the authors. The present work demonstrates the issues that arise when patient and therapist come from different cultures. In this situation, the ...
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This chapter presents some concluding thoughts from the authors. The present work demonstrates the issues that arise when patient and therapist come from different cultures. In this situation, the therapist may make basic errors in evaluation and be unable to utilize the full arsenal available to the psychotherapist, particularly in dynamic psychotherapy. This difficulty is especially poignant in communities like the ultra-orthodox because the setting and content of the therapeutic encounter may be experienced by the patient not only as meaningless but also as offensive. A culture-sensitive approach to evaluation and management has been proposed that demonstrates that these barriers to compliance and relevance can be overcome. These principles can be generalizable to work with other minority communities.Less
This chapter presents some concluding thoughts from the authors. The present work demonstrates the issues that arise when patient and therapist come from different cultures. In this situation, the therapist may make basic errors in evaluation and be unable to utilize the full arsenal available to the psychotherapist, particularly in dynamic psychotherapy. This difficulty is especially poignant in communities like the ultra-orthodox because the setting and content of the therapeutic encounter may be experienced by the patient not only as meaningless but also as offensive. A culture-sensitive approach to evaluation and management has been proposed that demonstrates that these barriers to compliance and relevance can be overcome. These principles can be generalizable to work with other minority communities.
