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Religious delusions in patients admitted to hospital with schizophrenia

Siddle, Ronald, Haddock, Gillian, Tarrier, Nicholas, Faragher, E.Brian·2002·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
DOI 10.1007/s001270200005
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Background Religious delusions are clinically important because they may be associated with selfharm and poorer outcomes from treatment. They have not been extensively researched. This study sought to investigate the prevalence of religious delusions in a sample of patients admitted to hospital with schizophrenia, to describe these delusions and to compare the characteristics of the patients with religious delusions with schizophrenia patients with all other types of delusion.Method A cross-sectional investigation was carried out. The prevalence of religious delusions was assessed and comparisons were made between religiously deluded patients and a control group on demographic, symptom, functioning and religious variables. One hundred and ninety-three subjects were examined of whom 24% had religious delusions.Results Patients with religious delusions had higher symptom scores (as measured by the PANSS), they were functioning less well (as measured by the GAF) and they were prescribed more medication than those patients with schizophrenia who had other types of delusion.Conclusion It is concluded that religious delusions are commonly found in schizophrenia and that by comparison with other patients who have schizophrenia, those patients with religious delusions appear to be more severely ill. This warrants further investigation.

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Authors
Siddle, R., Haddock, G., Tarrier, N., & Faragher, E. B.
Affiliations
  • North Manchester General Hospital (GB)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
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Venue
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2002-03
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
130-138
ISSN
  • 0933-7954 (ISSN-L)
  • 1433-9285
DOI
10.1007/s001270200005
OpenAlex
W2099409033
Cited by
218
References
42
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
religious delusions, schizophrenia, delusions, prevalence, symptom severity, functional outcome, antipsychotic drugs, self-harm
MeSH terms
Adult, Algorithms, Cross-Sectional Studies, Delusions, England, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Religion, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Prevalence, Logistic Models, Case-Control Studies

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