Charles Bruce Greyson (born October 1946) is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...
. He is 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). Greyson has written many journal articles, and has given media interviews, on the subject of
near death experience
A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death which researchers claim share similar characteristics. When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detac ...
s.
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), formerly the Division of Personality Studies, at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...
. 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. Greyson, along with
Kenneth Ring, Michael Sabom, and others, built on the research of
Raymond Moody, Russell Noyes Jr and
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, '' On Death and Dying'' (1969), where she first discussed her theo ...
. Greyson's scale to measure the aspects of near-death experiences has been widely used, being cited over 450 times as of early 2021. He also devised a 19-item scale to assess experience of
kundalini, the Physio-Kundalini Scale.
Greyson wrote the overview of Near Death Experiences for the ''
Encyclopædia Britannica
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'' 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.
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) and co-editor of ''The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation'' (Praeger, 2009).
Information about the Division of Perceptual Studies
He has written many journal articles on the subject of near-death experiences, and these include:
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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
References
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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1946 births
Living people
American psychiatrists
Parapsychologists
University of Virginia School of Medicine faculty
Near-death experience researchers