On the border of deep spirituality and psychosis… A case study

Authors

  • Ewelina Dziwota 2nd Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Diana Żmuda 2nd Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Rafał Dubiel 2nd Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Kamila Dziwota Department of Psychotherapy Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Poland Author
  • Renata Markiewicz Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Marta Makara-Studzińska Department of Applied Psychology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Marcin Olajossy 2nd Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Medical University of Lublin, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/cpp-2016-0020

Keywords:

spirituality, religion, mental disorders, schizophrenia

Abstract

This article is a case study of a 28-year-old patient diagnosed with F23. The report is preceded by an extensive literature review describing the situation of the mentally ill, in which psychiatry intermingles with spirituality and the sacrum. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between religion/spirituality and schizophrenia as well as to draw attention to the complex problem of differential diagnosis of religious and spiritual problems. When is psychiatric treatment enough and when is intervention of a priest really essential? The authors discuss the problem of mental disorders in connection with religion and spirituality in the clinical context. The article shows that it is very important that the processes of diagnosis and treatment take into account the patients' individual traits, beliefs, values and spirituality.

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2016-11-21

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Vol. 17 No. 3 (2016): Current Problems of Psychiatry

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