This case report describes a patient with a dysembryogenic neuroepithelial tumor localized in the posterior thalamus and internal capsule, which presented with psychosis including religiously determined severe self-mutilation, auditory hallucinations, and rituals. The patient's history includes periodic religiousness over decades of her life suggesting that spirituality in this case might be a ...

Günümüzde ya?ad???m?z pek çok bireysel ve toplumsal sorunun temelinde manevi-insani de?erler eksikli?i yatmaktad?r. De?erler anlam, amaç, vicdan sorumluluk kabiliyetini kazand?rarak bireyin di?erleri çevre ile olan ili?kilerinde kontrollü olmas?na katk? sa?lamaktad?r. Bireye manevi insani kazand?ran en önemli olgulardan birisi dindir. Bu ara?t?rmada üniversite ö?rencilerinde e?iliminin baz? dem...

BACKGROUND A valid assessment of spirituality and religiousness is necessary for clinical and research purposes. We developed and assessed the validity of a French-language version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Beliefs Instrument (WHOQOL-SRPB). METHODS The SRPB was translated into French according to the methods recommended by the WH...

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.03.018 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 651 470 5624; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Ludeke). Social attitudes, political attitudes and religiousness are highly inter-correlated. Furthermore, each is substantially influenced by genetic factors. Koenig and Bouchard (2006) hypothesized that these thr...

A total of 788 persons completed the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness and Spirituality (BMMRS; Fetzer Institute/NIA, 1999), comprising 2 primary comparisons: (1) Vietnam veterans presenting for residential treatment for PTSD in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Heath Care System (PTSD; n 194) versus demographically matched men from the 1998 General Social Survey (GSS; n 194); and (2) vet...