Religiosity and psychosis

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dc.contributor.authorMalakhveitchouk, Anton
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-11T14:31:17Z
dc.date.available2024-10-11T14:31:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractReligion and spirituality (RS) have been integral aspects throughout human history, possibly being observed as far back as 500,000 years ago in the ritual treatment of skulls during the palaeolithic period. Today, despite the growth in relatively secular societies, almost 90% of the world has some RS affiliation. Interestingly enough, mental health has historically been interlinked with RS. Family and adoption studies show that a family history of psychosis is correlated with intense interest in RS. Furthermore, the association between Postictal psychosis, a common complication of epilepsy, with religiosity is well documented. It is conceivable that this association led to epilepsy being historically linked with the divine, demonic and supernatural. In fact, there is ample evidence to suggest that many historic religious figures had epilepsy and psychosis. In clinical practice - and in broader society - the incidence of religiosity in epilepsy patients is likely underestimated. While postictal psychosis symptoms range in RS intensity, it is not uncommon for patients to have severe RS delusions and even convert after episodes.en
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dc.identifier.citationMalakhveitchouk, A. (2023) 'Religiosity and psychosis', UCC Student Medical Journal, Vol. 3, pp. 75-77. https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2023.1.8en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2023.1.8
dc.identifier.endpage77
dc.identifier.issn2737-7237
dc.identifier.journalabbrevUCC SMJ
dc.identifier.journaltitleUCC Student Medical Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage75
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16566
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/smj/article/view/4326
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUCC Medical Research and Technology Societyen
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/smj/article/view/4326/6491
dc.rights© 2023, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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dc.subjectPsychosisen
dc.subjectReligiosityen
dc.titleReligiosity and psychosisen
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen
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