title: History of religious delusions and psychosocial functioning among Mexican patients with paranoid schizophrenia.
abstract: The association between global functionality and religiosity among patients from developing and predominantly Catholic countries warrants attention. To compare religiosity and psychosocial functioning in Mexican schizophrenia patients with and without a history of religious delusions, seventy-four patients with paranoid schizophrenia were recruited. Patients with a history of religious delusions had more psychiatric hospitalizations and poorer psychosocial functioning compared with those without a history of religious delusions. No differences emerged between groups in the total scores of religiosity scales. A history of religious delusions rather than religiosity itself may have an influence on psychosocial functioning among Mexican patients with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Sociales, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robles-García
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Luna
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Páez
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escamilla
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Camarena
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fresán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002410:Catholicism; D003702:Delusions / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index