“İnancım Olmasaydı Kendimi Öldürürdüm!” Şizofreniden Muzdarip Hastalarda Manevi Başa Çıkma
“If I Didn’t Have My Faith I Would Have Killed Myself!”: Spiritual Coping in Patients Suffering From Schizophrenia
Author(s): Hilde Hustoft, Knut A. Hestad, Lars Lien, Paul Møller, Lars Johan DanboltContributor(s): Necmi Karslı (Translator)
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Existentialism, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Clinical psychology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Karadeniz Teknik Üniversites - İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Schizophrenia; Spirituality; Religiousness; Coping;
Summary/Abstract: Spirituality, religiousness, and existential thought were qualitatively investigated in six patients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The present study is a deepening of a recently published quantitative investigation by Danbolt, Møller, Lien, and Hestad (2011). The patients in the present study were chosen on the basis of diversity as to how they experienced their spirituality to be of significance when coping with their disorder. The informants displayed many signs of spiritual struggle and transitional spiritual coping strategies, all of which seemed to be linked to hallucinatory experiences. Even though their spirituality met the criteria of religious delusions, the patients described their spirituality to have vital importance. The informants showed little spiritual preknowledge and seemed to be left alone without any clerical support in their spiritual struggle. This may underline the importance of including spiritual issues in the treatment of these patients.
Journal: Trabzon İlahiyat Dergisi
- Issue Year: 2/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 159-188
- Page Count: 30
- Language: Turkish