Психологические особенности религиозной личности, влияющие на реабилитационную работу с больными, страдающими психическими расстройствами

Психиатрия. 2016. Т. 70. № 2. С. 50–54.

Dvoinin A.

Background. Religious manifestations of mentally disordered individuals seem to be regarded as some «refracted» common peculiarities of mentally normal believers.

The objective was to describe general psychological features of religious personality significant for rehabilitation of mental patients.

Material and methods. Some psychological peculiarities of the religious personality are regarded compared with normal manifestations of religiosity from those patients whose mental disorder is grounded in religion. The article defines religiosity as an extent of the actualization of person’s psychologically real relationship with the transcendent Supreme Being.

Some psychological peculiarities of the religious personality are presented, such as: the dual representations of reality in a consciousness, the presence of the spiritual level of meaning structures, the duality of self-awareness that combines divine and wordly meanings and value orientations. Shown that the dominant motivation of religious conversion is person’s seeking the support and consolation in various types of religiosity. The main forms of religiosity are described concerning the communication, cognition, activity.

Conclusion. It is important for the rehabilitation process (in methodical aspect) to distinguish mentally disordered individuals having relationally normal manifestations of religiosity from those patients whose mental disorder is grounded in religion.

Keywords: личность, personality, religiosity, религиозность, психические расстройства, психологические особенности, mental disorders, psychological peculiarities, psychosocial rehabilitation, психосоциальная реабилитация