Kroll J, Sheehan W
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
Am J Psychiatry. 1989 Jan;146(1):67-72. doi: 10.1176/ajp.146.1.67.
The authors studied the religious beliefs, practices, and experiences of 52 psychiatric inpatients. The rate of belief in the major tenets of faith (God, the Devil, and an afterlife) was uniformly high and in accord with national and local public poll results. Patients with depressive and anxiety disorders tended to score lower than those with other diagnoses on a wide variety of indexes of religion. The authors conclude that religion is an important factor in most patients' lives and that individual inquiry and systematic research into this neglected area are both feasible and important.
作者研究了52名精神科住院患者的宗教信仰、宗教活动及宗教体验。对宗教主要教义（上帝、魔鬼和来世）的信仰比例普遍较高，与全国及当地的民意调查结果一致。在各类宗教指标上，患有抑郁和焦虑症的患者得分往往低于其他诊断的患者。作者得出结论，宗教是大多数患者生活中的一个重要因素，对这一被忽视领域进行个人探究和系统研究都是可行且重要的。
