Witztum E, Greenberg D, Dasberg H
Jerusalem Mental Health Center-Ezrath Nashim, Israel.
Br J Med Psychol. 1990 Mar;63(1):33-41. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1990.tb02854.x.
Over the last 20 years there has been a revival of interest in orthodox Judaism in Israel. In an area of Jerusalem with a large concentration of academies of study for 'baalei teshuva' (those who have undergone change to orthodox Judaism), it was noted that 12.6 per cent of referrals to the community mental health centre were newly religious. These referrals tended to have schizophrenia or severe personality disorders and were less likely than other referrals to have anxiety, depressive or adjustment disorders. Most of the newly religious referrals had psychiatric problems prior to becoming religious. Subsequent to religious change, many married and started a family before their psychiatric referral. The link between religious change and mental illness is explored.
在过去20年里，以色列对传统犹太教的兴趣再度兴起。在耶路撒冷一个有大量为“回归者”（那些转而信奉传统犹太教的人）设立的学习学院的地区，人们注意到，转介到社区心理健康中心的患者中有12.6%是新教徒。这些转介患者往往患有精神分裂症或严重人格障碍，与其他转介患者相比，患焦虑症、抑郁症或适应障碍的可能性较小。大多数新教徒转介患者在信教之前就有精神问题。信教之后，许多人在被转介接受精神治疗之前就结婚并组建了家庭。本文探讨了宗教转变与精神疾病之间的联系。
