Relationship between religiosity and psychopathology in patients with depression.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the psychopathology between depressed patients with low religiosity and those with high religiosity and to correlate the level of religiosity with the psychopathology in the psychiatric clinic of a general hospital in Chandigarh, North India.


METHODS
Thirty depressed patients with low religiosity and 30 patients with high religiosity were assessed on the Religiosity Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Beck Hopelessness Scale and Suicidal Intent Questionnaire.


RESULTS
In the patients with depression, hopelessness and suicidal intent correlated negatively with the level of religiosity.


CONCLUSIONS
In depressed patients, hopelessness and suicidal intent are inversely related to the level of religiosity.
Department of Psychiatry, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Swapnil
S
Gupta
Ajit
A
Avasthi
Suresh
S
Kumar