Abstract
This chapter reviews research on automatic writing (AW). It then studies in a descending order, moving first from a completely subjective experience based on personal impressions, anecdotal reminiscences, and mystical accounts as found in popular literature, second to clinical case studies, third to eventually empirical evidence, and lastly to theory. None of the studies reported in the chapter support the use of AW in general and in mental health in particular. There is no evidence from research that AW changes any behavior for better and for an extensive period of time. The effects reported in subjective reports and clinical studies suggest that the possible, momentary high experienced by some participants may be due to a temporary state of self-induced dissociation, but nothing else. As in music, one may enjoy the temporary, pleasant experience, but there is no concrete evidence that either AW or music will produce improvements in mental health. Keywords: automatic writing (AW); clinical case studies; empirical evidence; mental health; popular literature
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