The interactions between religion, religiosity, religious delusion/hallucination, and treatment-seeking behavior among schizophrenic patients in Taiwan

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-353

  Huang, Charles Lung Cheng ^a,b   Shang, Chi Yung ^c   Shieh, Ming Shien ^c   Lin, Hsin Nan ^d   Su, Jin Chung Jen ^e  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Taiwan Rhema Graduate School of Pastoral Psychology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Functioning; Han Chinese; Religion; Religiosity; Religious delusion hallucination; Schizophrenia; Treatment seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HALLUCINATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TAIWAN;

ADULT; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954588590     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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