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Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.
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RE: Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.
(May 3, 2013 at 4:07 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: A new study suggests belief in God may significantly improve the outcome of those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness.

Researchers followed patients receiving care from a hospital-based behavioral health program to investigate the relationship between patients’ level of belief in God, expectations for treatment and actual treatment outcomes.

In the study, published in the current issue of Journal of Affective Disorders, researchers comment that people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric treatment than those without.


More here: http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/26/...54121.html

But it can also be the symptom of a psychiatric illness.


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RE: Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes. - by paulpablo - May 3, 2013 at 4:12 pm

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