Fiery tongues and mystical motivations: glossolalia in a forensic population is associated with mania and sexual/religious delusions.
Comparisons are made between a nonrandom sample of 18 glossolalists and 130 non-glossolalists admitted to a maximum-security forensic hospital. The glossolalic mentally disordered offender exhibited a predominance of diagnoses in the manic spectrum, and was typically psychotic. The delusions, hallucinations, and crimes were predominately of a religious and sexual nature. Glossolalist perpetrators tended to be female. We review the extant research on glossolalia in both normal and clinical samples. and integrate our findings, the first study of glossolalia in a forensic setting.
Hempel
Anthony G
AG
North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, USA.
Meloy
J Reid
JR
Stern
Robert
R
Ozone
Shinichi John
SJ
Gray
B Thomas
BT
D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003702:Delusions / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012067:Religion; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology