Religiousness in First-Episode Psychosis

The aim of the present study is to explore the significance of religiousness for patients suffering from first-episode psychosis. Our study is a thematic analysis. The study illustrates how the patients understood their hallucinations as mystical experiences. Even so, many of the patients describe t...

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Главные авторы: Hanevik, Hilde (Автор) ; Hestad, Knut A. (Автор) ; Lien, Lars (Автор)
Другие авторы: Danbolt, Lars Johan 1955- (Другой) ; Joa, Inge (Другой) ; Larsen, Tor Ketil (Другой)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: SAGE Publishing 2017
В: Archive for the psychology of religion
Год: 2017, Том: 39, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 139-164
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Религиозность / Психоз (мотив)
Индексация IxTheo:AE Психология религии
Другие ключевые слова:B Psychosis religiousness religious coping mystical experiences
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Итог:The aim of the present study is to explore the significance of religiousness for patients suffering from first-episode psychosis. Our study is a thematic analysis. The study illustrates how the patients understood their hallucinations as mystical experiences. Even so, many of the patients describe their religiousness to be helpful in coping with their disorder, giving meaning to life as well as a relationship to a sacred figure. However, their religiousness often contained religious omnipotent delusions, and built on hallucinations, displayed an unsecure relationship to the sacred figure. From a psychiatric point of view, the misinterpretation of hallucinations as mystical experiences may reinforce their delusional system and cause an obstacle to recovery. This misinterpretation may also cause problems for patients’ religious coping. Our findings underline the importance of taking patients’ religiousness into account in psychotherapy.
ISSN:1573-6121
Второстепенные работы:In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341336