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Article: Selected Annotated Bibliography on spirituality and mental health.(Special Section: Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project)(Bibliography)
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- Southern Medical Journal
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- June 1, 2007
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Kirov G, Kemp R, Kirov K, et al. Religious faith after psychotic illness. Psychopathology 1998;31:234-245.
Relatively little data is available about what role religion plays in the lives of psychotic individuals. The authors of this paper used a semistructured format to interview 52 consecutive patients hospitalized for psychosis about their religious beliefs. Over 66% were religious, and over 20% said that religion was the most important part of their lives; 30.4% reported that there had been an increase in their religiousness since the onset of their illness, and 61.2% were using their religion for coping with the illness.
Contrary to common ...