Hearing spirits? Religiosity in individuals at risk for psychosis —Results from the Brazilian SSAPP cohort

In the last decades, biological and environmental factors related to psychosis were investigated in individuals at ultra-risk for psychosis (UHR) to predict conversion. Although religion relates to psychosis in a variety of ways, it is understudied in subclinical samples. Therefore, we assessed the interplay between religion and prodromal symptoms in 79 UHR and 110 control individuals. They were interviewed with the Duke University Religion Index and the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS).

Source: Schizophrenia Research - September 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alexandre Andrade Loch, Elder Lanzani Freitas, Lucas Hort êncio, Camille Chianca, Tania Maria Alves, Maurício Henriques Serpa, Julio Cesar Andrade, Martinus Theodorus van de Bilt, Wagner Farid Gattaz, Wulf Rössler Source Type: research