The following diagnostic criteria set was developed for use in clinical, educational, and research settings and are intended to be utilized by professionals with appropriate clinical training and experience, and an appropriate professional education in scientific parapsychology. It is important that criteria not be applied mechanically by untrained individuals. The following criteria are intended to serve as guidelines and applied in a culturally and contextually sensitive manner.<\/p>\n

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1)\u00a0\u00a0 Characteristic phenomenology<\/a> \u2013 The clinician will need to pay detailed attention to phenomenological themes and purported needs to identify incongruences.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 Involuntary volition and control<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 Negative valence<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0 Abnormal content<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0 Malignant entity<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0 Delusions<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0 Functional impairment<\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\u00a0 Peculiarity dismissal<\/p>\n

9)\u00a0\u00a0 Medication tolerance<\/p>\n

Note: <\/b>Do not include criteria that are culturally acceptable.<\/p>\n

B.\u00a0\u00a0 Social\/occupational need:<\/b> A subconscious need has been identified as the catalyst for the initiation of extrasensory processes (e.g. identified an inability to meet basic needs and\/or an inability communicate needs, feelings, or thoughts to an individual(s) in an interpersonal, academic, or occupational context).<\/p>\n

C.\u00a0\u00a0 Absence of disorganized thought. <\/b>The speech of the individual is not severely disorganized or incomprehensible, and does not substantially impair effective communication. There is no presence of conceptual disorganization e.g. disruption of thought, incoherence, and thought blocking.<\/p>\n

D.\u00a0\u00a0 Absence of destructive hallucinations.<\/b> The experience did not include exclusively negative content, such as non- constructively critical, persecutory, accusatory, or threatening hallucinations.<\/p>\n

E.\u00a0\u00a0 Absence of paranoia and dangerousness.<\/b> The experience did not present in a harmful and unconstructive manner where conveyance of the experience has features of unwarranted fear, distrust, and suspicion. Also, the individual is not at significant risk of homicidal or suicidal behavior.<\/p>\n