I recently started working in a psychiatric hospital, and I have noticed that the hyper-religious patients are the most psychotic. Are these patients psychotic because of their religious beliefs, or are they hyper-religious because of their psychosis?
2007-12-01 07:23:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
HAHAHA GREAT QUESTION! I used to work in a geri psych unit and I totally agree that they are the most psychotic for sure! I think it is a mix of the two.... that's a tough question... isn't it crazy though haha. I'm going to lean toward they are hyper religious because of their psychosis.
2007-12-01 07:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by RaeRae 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not religious in my regular life...
But when I was psychotic and hospitalized for it (diagnosed bi-polar with psychosis)-- I was very paranoid and had a lot of delusions. Some of these were religious in nature. Like I believed that my aunt Miriam was Mary Magdelene.... and I was going to be the role of Paul in bringing enlightment to judgment day.. crazzzy stuff.
Of course, I also had delusions about cults, time travel, robots, and world apocolypse.
So bluntly, in my case, it was the Psychosis first and then the Hyper-Religious second.
P.S. I take Geodon 40 mg for psychosis and it works great.
2007-12-01 07:53:27 · answer #2 · answered by lexi m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, who diagnosed the patients as psychotic?
If you are a psychiatrist who has completer residency you know not to brand people, even people in a psychiatric hospital, with blanket titles.
I suspect that you are an orderly and that your question is honest. If I am correct then...yes!
Entertaining the thought of a deity is acceptable behavior for a normal person.
Being absolutely convinced of the existence of a deity is delusional behavior but I doubt the religion caused the behavior, More likely, the behavior has found a release in religion.
2007-12-01 07:32:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The concept is known as religiosity. It is a delusional system that some people who are psychotic beleive. I have never found them to be anymore psychotic than the guy who beleives his thoughts are being broadcast via the television or the woman that beleives that she is being followed around due to implants in her body. I think religiosity conflicts with our own beliefs and people working in mental health services have a tendency to challenge those delusions more often than the other more bizarre types.
2007-12-01 07:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by Azzaclees 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes I've noticed the same thing.
Many of the patients I've seen appear hyper-religious because of their illness since they often talk about seeing jesus or talking to god but in reality they're just in a delusional state.
2007-12-01 07:34:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i beleive that two feed off of each other as they both are subjective and wax and wane in intensity.
i have OCD( have had it all my life) and i spent several years deeply intrenched in scrupulosity. it got to the point of a fullblown breakdown when i became convinced that god healed me, and i stopped taking my meds on faith. bad move.
i am now back on my meds faithfully and have stepped back fully from religion...i realised i just cant handle it. the fact that there is no tangible evidence, and that faith is based on...well..FAITH! makes it too overwhelming to grasp. there is no firm ground, so we can tend to take things to the extreme to show obedience. much of this need to be obedient ultimately is related to the idea of havng an outcome, or some contol over our afterlife. there is an urgent need to do whatever it takes to secure our place in eternity. probably healthy people have something of the same thoughts, but for those of us who obsess...this issue reigns supreme. also, i beleive there is a point that one can slip into temporary psychosis when the obsession becomes so overwhelming.( i have experience)
yipes. religion intrigues me, but scares the hell out of me. powerful stuff.
2007-12-01 07:49:39 · answer #6 · answered by dali333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psychotic episodes are often religious in nature.
2007-12-01 07:28:53 · answer #7 · answered by Neely O'Hara 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally don't think there is a link. I certainly wouldn't suggest their psychosis is due to their religious beliefs.
2007-12-01 07:26:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe if they are religious people will thin that they are sane and let them go. No seriously I'm not sure. I am also going to enter the psychiatrist Field it sounds like I have a lot to look forward to.
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2016-09-30 09:33:19 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋