The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
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GABBARD, GLEN O. M.D.; TWEMLOW, STUART W. M.D.; JONES, FOWLER C. Ed.D.
Staff Psychiatrist, The Menninger Foundation, P. O. Box 829, Topeka, Kansas 66601.
Private practice, Topeka, Kansas.
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Abstract
Near death experiences are being reported with increasing frequency, but whether the constellation of factors comprising these experiences is unique to near death situations is unknown. This investigation compared near death experiences to other out-of-body experiences to determine if there are unique features associated with near death experiences. Our results indicate that there are no characteristics which are exclusive to near death situations, but our analysis of t-tests is highly suggestive of a number of distinguishing features which differentiate near death experiences from other out-of-body experiences.