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Demonic foes : my twenty-five years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal

2020

Format:	Book
Author:	Gallagher, Richard E. (Psychiatrist), author.
Title:	Demonic foes : my twenty-five years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal / Richard Gallagher, MD.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY: Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] ©2020
Description:	viii, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	Takes the reader deep into this hidden and fascinating world of paranormal activity and details eerie true-life tales of demonic attacks, oppressions, and possessions. A New York psychiatrist, Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Yet he came to see that the woman wasn't mentally disturbed-- she was possessed. Gallagher has since spent a quarter-century studying demonic activity and exorcisms throughout history. Here he chronicles the case he has witnessed, sharing in full details of these true-life tales of demonic possession. -- adapted from jacket and Amazon info.
Subjects:	Demoniac possession. Exorcism. Psychiatrists.
Genre:	Case studies.
Other Title:	My 25 years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255).
Contents:	Initial journey -- A priest comes calling -- Julia, the satanic queen -- Troubles of the spirit -- Diagnosing the variety of oppressions -- Troubles of the mind -- Catherine -- mother, housewife, and possessed -- The serious investigator -- The history of beliefs in evil spirits, the emergence of the idea of the paranormal, and infestations -- Alice -- Barbara and the wider satanic panic -- Final controversies.
LCCN:	2021275931
ISBN:	9780062876478 0062876473
Other Number:	1082403369
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	852861
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Call Number:	265.94 Gallaghe

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