Topic
Taphophobia
About: Taphophobia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4 publications have been published within this topic receiving 10 citations. The topic is also known as: fear of being buried alive & taphephobia.
Papers
TL;DR: In 1891 the Italian psychiatrist Enrico Morselli described taphophobia, defining it as an extreme condition of claustrophobia due to the fear of being buried alive, which is quite a rare psychiatric disorder.
Abstract: In 1891 the Italian psychiatrist Enrico Morselli (1852–1929) described taphophobia, defining it as an extreme condition of claustrophobia due to the fear of being buried alive. This rare psychopath...
8 citations
TL;DR: Examination of a well-documented case from medieval Persia reveals the importance of funeral practices in the risk of actual premature burial, and sheds light on the question of why taphophobia became so prevalent in Europe during the early industrial revolution period.
5 citations
Journal Article•
TL;DR: There are two rare psychopathological phenomena: The fear to be buried alive (taphophobia) and the delusion to rise again from the grave (delusion of resurrection).
Abstract: There are two rare psychopathological phenomena: The fear to be buried alive (taphophobia) and the delusion to rise again from the grave (delusion of resurrection). These cases are given as illustration. Taphophobia is counted among the neuroses, the delusion of resurrection is a cardinal symptom of the psychosis "phantastic paraphrenia" Both states are rooted in unconscious fears and and wishes in man, especially in superstition. The theoretical concept behind these psychopathological phenomena is twofold--using an eclectic open system of interpretation--taphophobia is seen in the light of psychoanalysis, delusion of resurrection is explained in terms of the psychiatric thinking of K. Leonhard.
4 citations
TL;DR: It is described three cases of excessive fear of being buried alive (taphophobia) seen by a single clinician in the last 20 years among older Irish people.
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |