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Delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia: sociocultural and religious background

by
Palmira Rudalevičienė
1,2,*,
Virginija Adomaitienė
3,
Thomas Stompe
4,
Andrius Narbekovas
2,5,
Kazimieras Meilius
2,
Nijolė Raškauskienė
1,
Jurgis Rudalevičius
6 and
Robertas Bunevičius
1
1
Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
2
Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
3
Department of Psychiatry, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
4
University Clinic of Psychiatry Vienna, High Security Hospital Gollersdorf, Austria
5
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas
6
Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2010, 46(3), 185; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina46030026
Submission received: 20 February 2009 / Accepted: 5 March 2010 / Published: 10 March 2010
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Abstract

This article presents data on the phenomenology of delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia and determines parallels between sociodemographic status and personal religiosity and this type of delusions. We have studied the content of delusions in patients with schizophrenia looking for persecution and poisoning themes using Fragebogen fuer psychotische Symptome (FPS). A total of 295 patients suffering from schizophrenia participated in this study; 74.7% reported delusions of persecution. The proportion of female patients (81.9%) who felt persecuted was almost one-third higher than the proportion of male patients (66.9%). The prevalence of delusions of persecution was lower in the group of persons for whom their faith was personally important (73.4%) than in the atheistic group (86.7%). Delusions of persecution and poisoning were strongly intercorrelated. Delusions of poisoning were reported by 57.8% of respondents: 54.8% by male and 60.6% by female patients. In multivariate analysis, delusions of persecution were more prevalent in women compared to men; in those with a chronic course of illness compared to those with periodic course; in those with small size of family compared to those with large family. The presence of delusions of being poisoned was related to older age of the patient, higher than secondary education, chronic course of schizophrenia, and younger parental age. Personal importance of the faith was not associated with prevalence of delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia.
Keywords: schizophrenia; sociodemographic status; religiosity; delusions of persecution; delusions of poisoning; cultural psychiatry schizophrenia; sociodemographic status; religiosity; delusions of persecution; delusions of poisoning; cultural psychiatry

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Rudalevičienė, P.; Adomaitienė, V.; Stompe, T.; Narbekovas, A.; Meilius, K.; Raškauskienė, N.; Rudalevičius, J.; Bunevičius, R. Delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia: sociocultural and religious background. Medicina 2010, 46, 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina46030026

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Rudalevičienė P, Adomaitienė V, Stompe T, Narbekovas A, Meilius K, Raškauskienė N, Rudalevičius J, Bunevičius R. Delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia: sociocultural and religious background. Medicina. 2010; 46(3):185. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina46030026

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Rudalevičienė, Palmira, Virginija Adomaitienė, Thomas Stompe, Andrius Narbekovas, Kazimieras Meilius, Nijolė Raškauskienė, Jurgis Rudalevičius, and Robertas Bunevičius. 2010. "Delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia: sociocultural and religious background" Medicina 46, no. 3: 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina46030026

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Rudalevičienė, P., Adomaitienė, V., Stompe, T., Narbekovas, A., Meilius, K., Raškauskienė, N., Rudalevičius, J., & Bunevičius, R. (2010). Delusions of persecution and poisoning in patients with schizophrenia: sociocultural and religious background. Medicina, 46(3), 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina46030026

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