PMID- 27009535 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161216 LR - 20181202 IS - 1502-4725 (Electronic) IS - 0803-9488 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Aug TI - Influence of religion and supernatural beliefs on clinical manifestation and treatment practices in patients with bipolar disorder. PG - 442-9 LID - 10.3109/08039488.2016.1151930 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Religious and supernatural beliefs influence help seeking and treatment practices in bipolar disorder, but these are rarely explored by clinicians. This study aimed to understand religiousness, magico-religious beliefs, prevalence of religious and supernatural psychopathology and treatment practices among patients with bipolar disorder in euthymic state. METHODOLOGY: A total of 185 patients of bipolar disorder currently in remission were assessed cross-sectionally for their clinical profile, current clinical status on the Hamilton Depression Rating Sscale (HDRS), Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). A semi structured instrument for magico-religious beliefs, aetiological models, treatment seeking and treatment practices was administered. RESULTS: More than a third of patients (37.8%) had psychopathology with either religious or supernatural content or both in their lifetime. Almost half (45.4%) the patients believed in a supernatural/religious aetiology for their illness. Among the specific causes, planetary influences (13.5%) and God's will (30.8%) were the most common supernatural and religious cause, respectively. Almost half (44.3%) of patients had first treatment contact with religious/supernatural treatment providers. More than 90% of patients reported belief in God, yet about 70% reported that their doctors did not ask them sufficient questions to understand their religiosity. CONCLUSION: Magico-religious beliefs are common in bipolar disorder and a large number of patients attribute these as aetiological factors for their illness. Consequently they tend to seek treatment from traditional practitioners prior to approaching medical practitioners and may continue treatment with them alongside medical management. FAU - Grover, Sandeep AU - Grover S AD - a Department of Psychiatry , Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research , Chandigarh , India. FAU - Hazari, Nandita AU - Hazari N AD - a Department of Psychiatry , Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research , Chandigarh , India. FAU - Aneja, Jitender AU - Aneja J AD - a Department of Psychiatry , Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research , Chandigarh , India. FAU - Chakrabarti, Subho AU - Chakrabarti S AD - a Department of Psychiatry , Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research , Chandigarh , India. FAU - Avasthi, Ajit AU - Avasthi A AD - a Department of Psychiatry , Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research , Chandigarh , India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160324 PL - England TA - Nord J Psychiatry JT - Nordic journal of psychiatry JID - 100927567 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Bipolar Disorder/diagnosis/*psychology/*therapy MH - *Culture MH - Depression/diagnosis/psychology/therapy MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Religion and Psychology MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - India OT - Magico-religious beliefs OT - bipolar disorder OT - religiousness EDAT- 2016/03/25 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/17 06:00 CRDT- 2016/03/25 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/03/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/17 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3109/08039488.2016.1151930 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nord J Psychiatry. 2016 Aug;70(6):442-9. doi: 10.3109/08039488.2016.1151930. Epub 2016 Mar 24.