Religios/spirituelles befinden bei psychisch kranken: Angstlich/depressive und suchtkranke im vergleich zu gesunden kontrollpersonen

ObjectiveThe 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.MethodDifferences in dimensions of religious/spiritual well-being (RSWB) between addictive (n&thinsp;=&thinsp;389) and anxious/depressive patients (n&thinsp;=&thinsp;200) are investigated, also by comparison to a control group (n&thinsp;=&thinsp;1,500). Furthermore dimensions of RSWB are related to personality factors and different psychiatric parameters within the psychiatric groups.ResultsThe psychiatric groups show a lower amount of overall RSWB (p&thinsp;&lt;&thinsp;0.001) than the healthy controls. Furthermore, dimensions of RSWB turned out to be negatively correlated with several psychiatric symptoms.ConclusionsBased on these results we emphasize religious/spiritual issues within psychiatric treatment. Moreover, there may be a strong potential of the RSWB dimensions such as &ldquo;Hope&rdquo; or &ldquo;Forgiveness&rdquo; as positive therapeutic factors in psychiatric treatment.<br /