| The interactions between religion, religiosity, religious delusion/hallucination, and treatment-seeking behavior among schizophrenic patients in Taiwan. | |
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PMID: 20691483 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Religion could influence the psychopathology, treatment-seeking behavior, and treatment outcome in schizophrenia, but the associations between these factors have never been explored thoroughly, and the data in Han-Chinese society are scarcer still. The current study recruited 55 schizophrenic patients to explore the relationship between religion, psychopathology with religious content, treatment-seeking behavior, and outcome. Subjects with religious delusions/hallucinations had lower scores on functioning and higher scores on religiosity. The higher religiosity scores were correlated with older age, longer duration of illness, religious affiliation, lower preference of psychiatric treatment, lower functioning score, and delusion/hallucination. As to treatment-seeking behavior, patients with religious affiliation showed less preference toward psychiatric treatment. Individuals with religious delusion/hallucination were more likely to receive magico-religious healing and not to be satisfied with psychiatric treatment. A more positive view of psychiatric treatment was predicted by lower religiosity score, higher satisfaction with psychiatric treatment, and lower years of education. The religiosity level seems not directly related to clinical severity, but it seems to be a better predictor of religious delusions/hallucinations than religious affiliation status. Patients with religious delusions/hallucinations did not necessarily have more severe psychopathology. There are different profiles associated with religious affiliation/religiosity and religious delusions/hallucinations in relation to treatment-seeking behavior among schizophrenia patients in Han-Chinese society. |
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Authors:
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Charles Lung-Cheng Huang; Chi-Yung Shang; Ming-Shien Shieh; Hsin-Nan Lin; Jin Chung-Jen Su |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-08-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychiatry research Volume: 187 ISSN: 0165-1781 ISO Abbreviation: Psychiatry Res Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-04-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7911385 Medline TA: Psychiatry Res Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 347-53 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Psychiatry, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. |
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