Function and meaning in religious delusions: a theoretical discussion from a case study

Saavedra, Javier

doi:10.1080/13674676.2012.745493

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“…По мнению многих исследователей [66][67][68][69][70][71], при анализе религиозных состояний врачам-психиатрам необходимо учитывать структуру социума, культуральные особенности религиозной группы, а также иметь элементарные знания в области религиозных основ и ритуалов. Не позволять себе негативных или критических комментариев [72], проявляя уважение и чуткость к религиозной вере пациента -все это поможет избежать диагностических ошибок и выбора неверной терапевтической тактики [73,74].…”

Section: влияние религиозности на формирование бредовых расстройств рunclassified

To the Question about Pathological Religiosity in the Context of Clinical Psychiatry

Popovich¹,

Романенко²,

Каледа³

2020

Psychiatry

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Background: Despite a large number of studies devoted to religiosity and religious coping of patients with mental illness, many issues remain uncertain or contradictory.The aim of the review: to present the analysis of domestic and foreign scientific publications on the problem of the religious life of patients, differentiation of normal and pathological religiosity, peculiarities of religiosity in patients with delusion with religious content, religious coping.Materials and methods: using keywords “normal religiosity”, “pathological religiosity”, “religious delusion”, “spiritual emergency”, “religious coping” papers were selected and explored in MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, eLIBRARY, Google scholar, Cyberleninka databases from 1990 to 2020.Conclusion: most researchers found out positive effect of religiosity on mental health. Religious coping is great resource for rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. At the same time, studies devoted to the problems of the influence of religiosity on the formation of delusion with religious content, its prognostic value, demonstrate contradictory results, partly due to the bias of psychiatrists towards the religiosity of patients. It seems important to minimize existing contradictions in order to improve the quality of life for patients, and increase compliance in the course of further research.

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To the Question about Pathological Religiosity in the Context of Clinical Psychiatry

Popovich¹,

Романенко²,

Каледа³

2020

Psychiatry

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“…Recently quite a lot of research has been done on religious delusions in relation to mental health. Reviewing the literature, we can say that most of this research revolves around one (or more) of the following issues: (a) the problem of how to differentiate religious beliefs from religious delusions (e.g., Bassett and Baker, 2015; Lenz, 1983; Lucas, 2017; Ng, 2007; O’Connor and Vandenberg, 2010; Peters, 2010; Pierre, 2001; Rosenleitner and Rittmannsberger, 2013; Sims, 2009; Waltman, 2013); (b) the personal significance of delusional beliefs with religious or spiritual content for those concerned (e.g., Danbolt et al., 2011; Dein, 2017; Drinnan & Lavender, 2006; Ouwehand et al., 2014, 2018; Pechey & Halligan, 2011; Pesut et al., 2011; Saavedra, 2014; Suhail & Ghauri, 2010); and (c) studies focussing on the therapeutic interventions for patients suffering from religious delusions (e.g., Miller & McCormack, 2006; Siddle et al., 2002, 2004).…”

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A Chaplain’s View on Religious Delusions (and Other Extraordinary Experiences): Towards a Theological Framework of Understanding

Holten

2021

J Pastoral Care Counsel

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In this article, the author discusses the question of how to evaluate delusions with religious or spiritual content from a theological perspective. How does a spiritual care practitioner listen to such delusions? The author proposes a theory of meaning that can account for both ordinary and extraordinary experiences and discusses a list of theological criteria in terms of which spiritual care practitioners can understand delusional and other extraordinary experiences and beliefs with spiritual content.

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“…Betroffene glauben zum Beispiel, eine berühmte Person zu sein, außergewöhnliche intellektuelle oder physische Befähigungen zu besitzen, bahnbrechende Erfindungen hervorgebracht zu haben oder besonders vermögend zu sein [24]. Unter dem religiösen Wahn versteht man die Überzeugung, mit religiösen Figuren auf direktem oder indirektem Weg zu inter-agieren [25], über außergewöhnliche religiöse Erkenntnisse zu verfügen oder selbst eine religiöse Figur zu sein [26]. Der religiöse Wahn geht dabei über das akzeptierte Maß einer religiösen Gemeinschaft hinaus [27].…”

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Wahn und Geschlecht bei paranoider Schizophrenie: Befunde aus einer klinischen Stichprobe

Rössler

Richter

Walter

2016

Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr

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The aim of the present study was to investigate whether men and women differ in the frequency and phenomenology of delusions. Medical records of all patients who had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Germany between 2008 and 2011 for paranoid schizophrenia were analyzed. The sample consisted of 182 delusional inpatients (90 women, 92 men) with the diagnosis of a paranoid schizophrenia. Men and women did not differ in the frequency of delusional themes. Analysis of delusional content, however, revealed considerable differences between them. Women with delusion of reference felt more often as being under constant surveillance compared to men. Men with delusion of reference showed a tendency to involve unspecified persons in their delusions and more often had the feeling of being talked about. Delusion of grandeur in women was more often built upon significant relationships with others.

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Function and meaning in religious delusions: a theoretical discussion from a case study

Cited by 6 publications

References 26 publications

To the Question about Pathological Religiosity in the Context of Clinical Psychiatry

To the Question about Pathological Religiosity in the Context of Clinical Psychiatry

A Chaplain’s View on Religious Delusions (and Other Extraordinary Experiences): Towards a Theological Framework of Understanding

Wahn und Geschlecht bei paranoider Schizophrenie: Befunde aus einer klinischen Stichprobe

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