@article{ref1,
title="Neurological motor disorders experienced as religious phenomena: role of abnormal movement monitoring",
journal="Brain and cognition",
year="1998",
author="Lauerma, H. and Tuliharju, M.",
volume="36",
number="1",
pages="52-56",
abstract="We describe two cases of neurological motor disorders which were experienced as religious-mystical phenomena by elderly psychotic ladies. One of the patients interpreted a mild hemiparesis as a message from divine forces that changed her left to her right and vice versa. The other patient felt that her perphenazine-induced tardive dyskinesia was the voluntary reading of a silent mantra. Involvement of mystical or religious terms in the interpretation of physical symptoms may lead to the lack of adequate treatment and care. We suggest that a psychosis-related inability to monitor one's own motor behavior is the crucial factor leading to peculiar perception of motor disorders.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-2626",
doi="10.1006/brcg.1997.0958",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/brcg.1997.0958"
}