Biography:Bruce Greyson
Charles Bruce Greyson (born October 1946) is an American psychiatrist and author, and a key pioneering researcher of near-death experiences. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. During his research of near-death experiences, known as near-death studies, he has documented many accounts of near-death experiences, and has written many journal articles, as well as participated in media interviews on the subject, playing a crucial role in inviting broader cross-disciplinary scientific inquiry to the field.
Greyson is the author of After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond (2021), co-author of Irreducible Mind (2007) and co-editor of The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences (2009).
Academic appointments
Greyson is Chester F. Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, and the former director of The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS),[1] formerly the Division of Personality Studies, at the University of Virginia. He is also a Professor of Psychiatric Medicine in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Division of Outpatient Psychiatry, at the University of Virginia.
Research work
Greyson is a researcher in the field of near-death studies and has been called the father of research in near-death experiences.[2][3] Greyson, along with Kenneth Ring, Michael Sabom, and others, built on the research of Raymond Moody, Russell Noyes Jr and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. Greyson's scale to measure the aspects of near-death experiences[4] has been widely used, being cited over 450 times as of early 2021.[5] He also devised a 19-item scale to assess experience of kundalini, the Physio-Kundalini Scale.[6]
Greyson wrote the overview of Near Death Experiences for the Encyclopædia Britannica and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Near-Death Studies (formerly Anabiosis) from 1982 through 2007. Greyson has been interviewed or consulted many times in the press on the subject of near-death experiences.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Selected publications
Greyson is author of After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond (Macmillan, 2021), co-author of Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007)[14] and co-editor of The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation (Praeger, 2009).[15] He has written many journal articles on the subject of near-death experiences, and these include:
- Greyson B (2010). "Implications of near-death experiences for a post materialist psychology". Psychology of Religion and Spirituality 2: 37–45. doi:10.1037/a0018548. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE62_postmaterialist-PRS.pdf.
- Greyson B (2007). "Near-death experience: Clinical implications". Rev Psiq Clin 34: 116–125. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE49_Near-Death-experiences-clinical-implications.pdf.
- Greyson B (2006). "Near-death experiences and spirituality". Zygon 41 (2): 393–414. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00745.x. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE46_spirituality-Zygon.pdf.
- Greyson, B (2005). ""False positive" claims of near-death experiences and "false negative" denials of near-death experiences". Death Studies 29 (2): 145–55. doi:10.1080/07481180590906156. PMID 15822242. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE43.pdf.
- Greyson, B; Ring, K. (2004). "The Life Changes Inventory – Revised". Journal of Near-Death Studies 23: 41–54. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE41LCI-R-JNDS.pdf.
- Greyson, B; Liester, MB (2004). "Auditory Hallucinations Following Near-Death Experiences". Journal of Humanistic Psychology 44 (3): 320–336. doi:10.1177/0022167804266281. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE40_voices-JHP.pdf.
- Lange, R; Greyson, B; Houran, J (2004). "A Rasch scaling validation of a 'core' near-death experience". British Journal of Psychology 95 (Pt 2): 161–77. doi:10.1348/000712604773952403. PMID 15142300. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE42_Rasch-BJP.pdf.
- Greyson B (2003). "Incidence and correlates of near-death experiences on a cardiac care unit". Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25 (4): 269–276. doi:10.1016/s0163-8343(03)00042-2. PMID 12850659. https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE38_Incidence-and-Correlates-of-NDEs-in-cardiac-care-unit.pdf.
See also
- George G. Ritchie
- Satwant Pasricha
- International Association for Near-Death Studies
- Near-death studies
- Life After Life
- Pam Reynolds case
- Eben Alexander (author)
- Raymond Moody
- Pim van Lommel
- Sam Parnia
References
- ↑ Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia
- ↑ "The Brain and Belief". Public Radio International. 2010. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/.artsmain/article/11/1172/1115568/Radio/The.Brain.and.Belief/. "Bruce Greyson is considered the father of research into the Near Death Experience."
- ↑ "Edwardsville Woman has Near-death Experience". Belleville News-Democrat. January 21, 2003. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ND&s_site=belleville&p_multi=ND&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F8B91CC5593B9CE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved February 23, 2010. "[Greyson] called 'the father of near-death experience research' by some...".
- ↑ Greyson, Bruce (1983). The near-death experience scale: Construction, reliability, and validity. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Jun;171(6):369-75.
- ↑ Google Scholar, Citations of Greyson (1983). Accessed January 19, 2021.
- ↑ Bruce Greyson (1993). "Near-death experiences and the physio-kundalini syndrome". Journal of Religion and Health 32 (4): 277–290. doi:10.1007/BF00990954. PMID 24271550.
- ↑ "Near-death experience is debated". The Tuscaloosa News Citing Story in Los Angeles Times. May 23, 1982. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2SQdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,5501658&dq=bruce-greyson+near-death+research&hl=en. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ Jane E. Brody (November 17, 1988). "HEALTH; Personal Health". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/17/us/health-personal-health.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ Anne Longley (August 1, 1994). "A Glimpse Beyond: A Psychiatrist Plumbs the Near-Death Experience". People 42 (5). http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20103567,00.html. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ Douglas Fox (October 17, 2006). "Light at the end of the tunnel". New Scientist 2573. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225731.300-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel.html?page=3. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ Benedict Carey (January 17, 2009). "The Afterlife of Near-Death". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/weekinreview/18carey.html. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ Daniel Williams (August 31, 2007). "At the Hour Of Our Death". Time (magazine). http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1657919,00.html. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ "Science Notebook". The Washington Post. February 7, 2000. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/49232196.html?dids=49232196:49232196&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+07%2C+2000&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=SCIENCE+NOTEBOOK&pqatl=google.
- ↑ "Irreducible Mind". http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB%2FCATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0742547922.
- ↑ Information about the Division of Perceptual Studies
External links
- Bruce Greyson biography at the University of Virginia
- The Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia
- Bruce Greyson personal website
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