[Religious/spiritual well-being in mentally ill persons: a comparison of anxious/depressives, addicts and healthy controls].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to investigate different dimensions of religiosity and spirituality among psychiatric in-patients. The study examines differences between addictive (ICD 10: F1x) and anxious/depressive (ICD 10: F3x/F4x) patients and considers the main implications for treatment.


METHODS
Differences in dimensions of religious/spiritual well-being (RSWB) between addictive (n = 389) and anxious/depressive patients (n = 200) are investigated, also by comparison to a control group (n = 1,500). Furthermore dimensions of RSWB are related to personality factors and different psychiatric parameters within the psychiatric groups.


RESULTS
The psychiatric groups show a lower amount of overall RSWB (p < 0.001) than the healthy controls. Furthermore, dimensions of RSWB turned out to be negatively correlated with several psychiatric symptoms.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on these results we emphasize religious/spiritual issues within psychiatric treatment. Moreover, there may be a strong potential of the RSWB dimensions such as "Hope" or "Forgiveness" as positive therapeutic factors in psychiatric treatment.
Zentrum für Integrative Suchtforschung (Verein Grüner Kreis), Wien, Österreich. human.unterrainer@uni-graz.at
Human-Friedrich
HF
Unterrainer
Helmut
H
Schöggl
Andrew J
AJ
Lewis
Andreas
A
Fink
Elisabeth
E
Weiss
Hans Peter
HP
Kapfhammer
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult