Religiosity, depression, and quality of life in bipolar disorder: a two-year prospective study

Stroppa, André; Colugnati, Fernando Antônio Basile; Koenig, Harold G.; Moreira‐Almeida, Alexander

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2017-2365

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“…Likewise, in a 14-year follow-up of 89 708 women in the Nurses' Health Study, VanderWeele et al (2016b) found that frequent religious attendance in 1996 predicted a lower risk of completed suicide by 2010, independent of multiple risk factors (HR = 0.16, 95% CI = 0.06–0.46), with more than a fivefold reduction in suicide incidence, from 7 per 100 000 to 1 per 100 000 person-years. The results, if extrapolated to the entire US population, would indicate that approximately 40% of the increase in the US suicide rate between 1999 and 2014 could be attributed to the decline in weekly religious attendance during that period (VanderWeele 2017).…”

Section: Negative Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Although several cross-sectional studies have examined this relationship, reporting no association, fewer episodes and more episodes, we are aware of only one prospective study. Stroppa et al (2018) followed 158 Brazilian out-patients with bipolar disorder from 2011 (baseline) to 2013 (follow-up), examining the effect of baseline religiosity and religious coping (positive and negative) on symptoms of mania, depression and quality of life (QOL) at follow-up. Positive religious coping and religiosity were both associated with lower depression scores at baseline.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Religion and psychiatry: recent developments in research

2020

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SUMMARY The evidence base on the relationship between religion and mental health is growing rapidly, and we summarise the latest research on the topic. This includes studies on religious involvement and depression, bipolar disorder, suicide, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorders, personality disorder, chronic psychotic disorder, marital/family stability, social support and psychological well-being. We also review a relatively new topic in psychiatry, moral injury, which often accompanies PTSD and may interfere with its treatment. We describe a theoretical model that explains how religion might affect mental health and briefly discuss its applications in clinical practice, including a discussion of religiously integrated therapies for depression, anxiety and other emotional problems. Overall, studies indicate that religious involvement often serves as a powerful resource for patients, one that can be integrated into psychiatric care. At times, however, religion may impede or complicate treatment. This article will help clinicians determine, on the basis of the latest research, whether religion is an asset or a liability for a particular patient.

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Religion and psychiatry: recent developments in research

2020

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“…Studies that examine the relation between religiousness and BD in particular, are scarce, heterogeneous in design, and show mixed results. They usually investigate relations between religious variables and symptoms of BD (Azorin et al 2013;Huguelet et al 2016;Stroppa and Moreira Almeida 2013;Stroppa et al 2018), measures of well-being or quality of life (Huguelet et al 2016;Stroppa and Moreira Almeida 2013;Stroppa et al 2018), or measures of resilience (Mizuno et al 2018). The current study is focused not on the relation between health outcomes and religious variables in BD but on explanations of particular experiences related to this illness, namely, on experiences that patients perceive as religious or spiritual.…”

Section: Religion and Serious Mental Illnessmentioning

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Holy Apparition or Hyper-Religiosity: Prevalence of Explanatory Models for Religious and Spiritual Experiences in Patients with Bipolar Disorder and Their Associations with Religiousness

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One point that emerges from qualitative research on religion and bipolar disorder (BD) is the problem patients with BD experience in distinguishing between genuine religious experiences and hyper-religiosity. However, clinical practice does not obviously address communication about differences in explanatory models for illness experiences. The aim of the current study is first to estimate the frequencies of different types of explanations (medical versus religious) for experiences perceived as religious and related to BD, second to explore how these types relate to diagnosis and religiousness, and third to explore the frequency of expectation of treatment for religiosity. In total, 196 adult patients at a specialist outpatient center for BD in the Netherlands completed a questionnaire consisting of seven types of explanations for religious experiences and several items on religiousness. Of the participants who had had religious experiences (66%), 46% viewed the experiences as 'part of spiritual development' and 42% as 'both spiritual and pathological,' 31% reported 'keeping distance from such experiences,' and 15% viewed them as 'only pathological.' Measures of religiousness were positively associated with 'part of spiritual development' and negatively associated with 'keeping distance from the experiences' and 'only pathological.' Half of the sample viewed religiosity as an important topic in treatment. It can be hypothesized that strength of religiousness may help people to integrate destabilizing experiences related to BD into their spiritual development. However, the ambiguity of strong religious involvement in BD necessitates careful exploration of the subject in clinical practice.

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“…As against the finding of Harada et al (2008) who identified higher depressive symptoms among males than females, Li et al (2015) in a five-year study found higher depressive rate among women than men affiliated with different religious practices. Women have been found to actively engage in more religious practices than men with the varied implication of religiosity on general mental health (Stroppa et al, 2018). Until now, studies on religiosity and depressive symptomology have focused on individuals without deafness although reports of those finding have largely been inconsistent.…”

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Depressive Symptomatology Among in-School Adolescents With Impaired Hearing

Adigun

2020

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Purpose of the study: This study determined incidences of depressive symptoms and associated causative contextual factors among in-school adolescents with impaired hearing in South West, Nigeria. The study determined symptoms of depression exhibited by in-school adolescents with impaired hearing vis-à-vis some associated intrapersonal causative (age, religion, gender, the onset of hearing loss, satisfaction with the home environment, and family type) variables. Methodology: Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Data were collected from 236 adolescents who are either prelingually (39.1%) and postlingually (60.9%) hearing impaired with the Depressive Symptomatology Questionnaire (α = .89). Data collected over a period of 10 weeks were analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics via SPSS version 23. Main Findings: 58.8% of the participants scored higher on the depression scale, which is mostly characterized by loss of appetite and fearfulness. There is a significant difference (F = 7.61; p < 0.05) in the expression of depressive symptoms between gender and across variants in the onset of deafness (F = 3.59; p < 0.05) and family type (F = 23.14; p < 0.05). Academic stressor and lack of access to information were found to be the major source of their depression. Applications of this study: This study is of importance to counselling psychologist and mental health practitioners for the development of strategic therapeutic approach geared towards positive psychosocial development of individuals with impaired hearing Novelty/Originality of this study: The study confirms the manifestation of moderate to a high level of depressive symptoms among those in-school adolescents with impaired hearing. Academic anxiety/low grade, communication difficulties, and negative societal attitude were the major source of depression for adolescents with impaired hearing in high schools.

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Religiosity, depression, and quality of life in bipolar disorder: a two-year prospective study

Cited by 36 publications

References 33 publications

Religion and psychiatry: recent developments in research

Religion and psychiatry: recent developments in research

Holy Apparition or Hyper-Religiosity: Prevalence of Explanatory Models for Religious and Spiritual Experiences in Patients with Bipolar Disorder and Their Associations with Religiousness

Depressive Symptomatology Among in-School Adolescents With Impaired Hearing

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