Religious delusions and filicide: a psychodynamic model

Knabb, Joshua J.; Welsh, Robert K.; Graham-Howard, Marjorie L.

doi:10.1080/13674676.2011.594998

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“…Perrin and Blagden (2014) have termed this "doing good being good". (Knabb, Welsh & Graham-Howard, 2012;Saradjian & Nobus, 2003;Topalli, Brezina & Bernhardt, 2013), or facilitate the creation of an 'excuse syntax' (Pollock & Hashmall, 1991).…”

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“…However, the relationship between religion and offending is contested and is not straightforward. There has been a reported criminogenic effect of religion, whereby religion facilitates crime; for example, contributing to cognitive distortions that facilitate crime (Knabb, Welsh & Graham-Howard, 2012;Saradjian & Nobus, 2003). In their study of street crime offenders, Topalli, Brezina and Bernhardt (2013) reported that religion could be used in selfserving ways by individuals who interpreted religious doctrine in a way that allowed them to justify their behaviour and exacerbate their offending.…”

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‘The resurrection after the old has gone and the new has come’: understanding narratives of forgiveness, redemption and resurrection in Christian individuals serving time in custody for a sexual offence

Blagden

Winder

Lievesley

2019

Psychology, Crime & Law

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Research has shown how religion is associated with numerous positive effects including enhanced mood, increased feelings of hope, increased altruistic behaviour, improved ability to cope and also reducing people's involvement in delinquent and criminal behaviour. However, this has also been contested with some arguing that religion can have criminogenic effects. Whilst there is a growing body of research concerning the effect (criminogenic or positive) of religion on offending, there is currently a paucity of research focusing on sexual offending and religion. The aim of this study was to explore and understand the effects that religious beliefs have on individuals with sexual convictions' sense of self, identity, their thoughts about the future and on their daily lives in prison. The results focus on a centrally important superordinate theme related to forgiveness and redemption. The analysis unpacks participants' narratives of forgiveness and the impact such narratives have on participants. A key finding from the data in this study was that religious beliefs and being forgiven by a higher power appeared to facilitate redemptive selves and the enacting of these selves. Implications for practice and limitations are discussed.

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‘The resurrection after the old has gone and the new has come’: understanding narratives of forgiveness, redemption and resurrection in Christian individuals serving time in custody for a sexual offence

Blagden

Winder

Lievesley

2019

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…Для религиозного бреда характерно особое бредовое поведение, включая гетеро-и аутоагрессивные действия, вплоть до завершенных суицидов. Вследствие буквального понимания библейских текстов [105][106][107][108] больные могут выкалывать себе глаза, отрубать руки, совершать аутокастрацию и прочие аутодеструктивные акты [109][110][111]. Агрессивное поведение чаще встречается при бреде бесоодержимости, апокалиптическом бреде, суицидальные акты часто совершаются под воздействием императивных псевдогаллюцинаций, совершаются убийства домашних животных.…”

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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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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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“…However, a plethora of studies have challenged the notion that religious association serves to deter individuals from offending. In particular, some have delineated criminogenic effects of religion, arguing that it can contribute to cognitive distortions that facilitate crime (Knabb, Welsh & Graham-Howard, 2012;Saradjian & Nobus, 2003). In their study of serious street crime offenders, Topalli, Brezina and Bernhardt (2012) reported a criminogenic effect of religiosity, highlighting that religion can be used in selfish and self-serving ways by offenders who 'exploit the absolvitory tenets of religious doctrine ' (p. 49).…”

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“Because you’ve got faith it doesn’t mean that you’ve got wings on your back”: a qualitative analysis of the accounts of Christian prisoners serving time for a sexual offence

Winder

Blagden

Lievesley

2018

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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Religious delusions and filicide: a psychodynamic model

Cited by 10 publications

References 31 publications

‘The resurrection after the old has gone and the new has come’: understanding narratives of forgiveness, redemption and resurrection in Christian individuals serving time in custody for a sexual offence

‘The resurrection after the old has gone and the new has come’: understanding narratives of forgiveness, redemption and resurrection in Christian individuals serving time in custody for a sexual offence

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

“Because you’ve got faith it doesn’t mean that you’ve got wings on your back”: a qualitative analysis of the accounts of Christian prisoners serving time for a sexual offence

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