The pre-manifest stage in the first psychotic attacks with religious content in juvenile age

Popovich U.O.; Gedevani E.V.; Kaleda V.G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro202112111246

Popovich U.O.

Mental Health Research Center

Gedevani E.V.

Mental Health Research Center

Kaleda V.G.

Mental Health Research Centre

SPIN RSCI: 9035-3290
Scopus AuthorID: 56765570100
ResearcherID: K-5466-2013
ORCID: 0000-0002-1209-1443

The pre-manifest stage in the first psychotic attacks with religious content in juvenile age

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Popovich U.O., Gedevani E.V., Kaleda V.G.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2021;121(11‑2): 46‑54

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro202112111246

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Popovich UO, Gedevani EV, Kaleda VG. The pre-manifest stage in the first psychotic attacks with religious content in juvenile age. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2021;121(11‑2):46‑54. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro202112111246

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Abstract:

OBJECTIVE

To identify the conditions for the formation of religious delusions in adolescence, to analyze the correlations between religiosity at the pre-manifest stage and subsequent manifest psychotic episode with religious delusion.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

With the clinical-psychopathological, statistical, and psychometric methods, 51 male patients of adolescent age (16-25 years) with manifest psychotic attack with delusions of religious content (F20, F25 according to ICD-10) — delusions of sin, delusions of devil possesion, antagonistic and messianic delusions, and oneiroid with religious content were studied.

RESULTS

The majority of patients were not traditionally religious before the first symptoms of a mental illness, and the religiosity itself differed from the traditional one in many respects. The most important factors in the formation of psychotic attacks with religious content are hereditary burden, premorbid personality structure and high scores on the Premorbid Adjustment Scale.

CONCLUSION

Further studies of pre-manifest stages on a larger sample of patients are needed to confirm the results of the study.

Keywords:

pre-manifest stage

juvenile age

pathological religiosity

religious delirium

schizophrenia

Authors:

Popovich U.O.

Mental Health Research Center

Gedevani E.V.

Mental Health Research Center

Kaleda V.G.

Mental Health Research Centre

SPIN RSCI: 9035-3290
Scopus AuthorID: 56765570100
ResearcherID: K-5466-2013
ORCID: 0000-0002-1209-1443

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22.06.2021

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22.09.2021

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