Religion, Spirituality, and Psychosis (original) (raw)

Papers of particular interest, published recently, have been highlighted as: • Of importance •• Of major importance

  1. Koenig HG, McCullough M, Larson DB: Handbook of Religion and Health: A Century of Research Reviewed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2001.
    Google Scholar
  2. Moreira-Almeida A, Neto FL, Koenig HG: Religiousness and mental health: a review. Rev Bras Psiquiatr 2006, 28:242–250.
    PubMed Google Scholar
  3. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, edn 4. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 1994.
    Google Scholar
  4. Van Os J, Kapur S: Schizophrenia. Lancet 2009, 374:635–645.
    Google Scholar
  5. Lukoff D, Lu F, Turner R: Toward a more culturally sensitive DSM-IV: psychoreligious and psychospiritual problems. J Nerv Ment Dis 1992, 180:673–682.
    Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  6. Lukoff D, Lu F, Turner R: Cultural considerations in the assessment and treatment of religious and spiritual problems. Psychiatr Clin North Am 1995, 18:467–485.
    CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  7. Grof S, Grof C: The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crisis. Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher; 1989.
    Google Scholar
  8. Yung AR, Phillips LJ, McGorry PD, et al.: Prediction of psychosis: a step towards indicated prevention of schizophrenia. Br J Psychiatry 1998, 172(Suppl 33):14–20.
    CAS Google Scholar
  9. McGlashan TH, Addington J, Cannon T, et al.: Recruitment and treatment practices for help-seeking “prodromal” patients. Schizophr Bull 2007, 33:715–726.
    Article PubMed Google Scholar
  10. Cannon TD, Cadenhead MD, Cornblatt B, et al.: Prediction of psychosis in youth at clinical risk. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008, 65:28–37.
    Article PubMed Google Scholar
  11. Sidgewick H: Report on the census of hallucinations. Proc Soc Psychical Res 1894, 10:25–252.
    Google Scholar
  12. West DJ: A mass observation questionnaire on hallucinations. J Soc Psychical Res 1948, 34:187–196.
    Google Scholar
  13. Tien AY: Distribution of hallucinations in the population. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 1991, 26:287–292.
    Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  14. Ohayon MM: Prevalence of hallucinations and their pathological associations in the general population. Psychiatr Res 2000, 97:153–164.
    Article CAS Google Scholar
  15. Preti A, Bonventre E, Ledda V, et al.: Hallucinatory experiences, delusional thought proneness, and psychological distress in a nonclinical population. J Nerv Ment Dis 2007, 195:484–491.
    Article PubMed Google Scholar
  16. Romme M, Escher A: Hearing voices. Schizophr Bull 1989, 15:209–216.
    CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  17. Miller LJ, O’Connor E, DiPasquale T: Patients attitudes toward hallucinations. Am J Psychiatry 1993, 150:584–588.
    CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  18. • van Os J, Linscott RJ, Myin-Germeys I, et al.: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the psychosis continuum: evidence for a psychosis propensity-persistence-impairment model of psychotic disorder. Psychol Med 2009, 39:179–195. In this study, the authors verify the hypothesis of the existence of a continuum of psychotic symptoms present in patients with psychotic disorders and also in the nonclinical population.
    Article PubMed Google Scholar
  19. Moreira-Almeida A, Lotufo Neto F, Greyson B: Dissociative and psychotic experiences in Brazilian spiritist mediums. Psychother Psychosom 2007, 76:57–58. (Published erratum appears in Psychother Psychosom 2007, 76:185.)
  20. Moreira-Almeida A, Lotufo Neto F, Cardeña E: Comparison of Brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder. J Nerv Ment Dis 2008, 196:420–424.
    Article PubMed Google Scholar
  21. Dalgalarrondo P: Religião, Psicopatologia e Saúde Mental [in Portuguese]. Porto Alegre, Brazil: Artmed; 2008.
    Google Scholar
  22. Koenig HG: Religion, spirituality and psychiatry: a new era in mental health care. Rev Psiq Clín 2007, 34(Suppl 1):5–7.
    Google Scholar
  23. Farr CB, Howe RL: The influence of religious ideas on the etiology, symptomatology, and prognosis of the psychoses: with special reference to social factors. Am J Psychiatry 1932, 11:845–865.
    Google Scholar
  24. Erinosho OA: Social background and pre-admission sources of care among youruba psychiatric patients. Soc Psychiatry 1977, 12:71–74.
    Article Google Scholar
  25. Verghese A, John JK, Rajkumar S, et al.: Factors associated with the course and outcome of schizophrenia in India. Br J Psychiatry 1989, 154:499–503.
    Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  26. Dantas RC, Pavarin LB, Dalgalarrondo P: Symptoms of religious content in psychiatric patients. Rev Bras Psiq 1999, 21:158–164.
    Google Scholar
  27. Tateyama J, Asai M, Kamisada M, et al.: Comparison of schizophrenic delusions between Japan and Germany. Psychopathology 1993, 26:151–158.
    Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  28. Appelbaum PS, Robbins PC, Roth LH: Dimensional approach to delusions: comparison across types and diagnosis. Am J Psychiatry 1999, 156:1938–1943.
    CAS PubMed Google Scholar
  29. Mohr S, Huguelet P: The relationship between schizophrenia and religion and its implications for care. Swiss Med Wkly 2004, 134:369–376.
    PubMed Google Scholar
  30. Mohr S, Brandt PY, Borras L, et al.: Toward an integration of spirituality and religiousness into the psychosocial dimension of schizophrenia. Am J Psychiatry 2006, 163:1952–1959.
    Article PubMed Google Scholar
  31. •• Mohr S, Rieben I, Betrisey C, et al.: Evolution of spirituality and religiousness in chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders: a 3-years follow-up study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2009 Oct 11 (Epub ahead of print). This was a prospective study on the relationships between religiousness and outcomes of schizophrenic or schizoaffective patients.
  32. Wilson WP: Religion and psychoses. In Handbook of Religion and Mental Health. Edited by Koenig HG. San Diego, CA: Academic Press; 1998:161–173.
  33. Koenig HG: Religion, spirituality and psychotic disorders. Rev Psiq Clin 2007, 34(Suppl 1):40–48.
    Google Scholar
  34. Jackson M, Fulford KWM: Spiritual experience and psychopathology. Philos Psychiatr Psychol 1977, 4:41–65.
    Google Scholar
  35. Lukoff D: Visionary spiritual experiences. South Med J 2007, 100:635–641.
    PubMed Google Scholar
  36. Hufford DJ: Visionary spiritual experiences and cognitive aspects of spiritual transformation. The Global Spiral 2008, 9. Also available at http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/tabid/68/id/10610/Default.aspx.
  37. •• Menezes A Jr, Moreira-Almeida A: Differential diagnosis between spiritual experiences and mental disorders of religious content. Rev Psiq Clín 2009, 36:75–82. Also available at http://www.hoje.org.br/elsh. The authors summarize several studies that proposed criteria to make a differential diagnosis between spiritual experiences and mental disorders with a religious basis.

Download references