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- ItemAcesso aberto (Open Access)Impact of a near-death experience and religious conversion on the mental health of a criminal: case report and literature review(Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul, 2013-01-01) Braghetta, Camilla C. [UNIFESP]; Santana, Glícia P.; Cordeiro, Quirino; Rigonatti, Sergio P.; Lucchetti, Giancarlo; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Associação Médico-Espírita de São Paulo; Clínica Otossono; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Santa Casa de São Paulo; Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Hospital João EvangelistaOBJECTIVE: Near-death experiences have been defined as profound psychological events that may occur to a person while close to death or in a situation of extreme physical or emotional distress. These experiences seem to have an important effect on the patients’ mental health and may occur in several situations despite their cultural and religious beliefs. CASE DESCRIPTION: The present case report describes the positive impact of a near-death experience (Greyson scale > 7) followed by religious conversion on the mental health of a former prisoner. COMMENTS: Investigation of the role of near-death experiences by the scientific community could shed light on the coping mechanisms and moral/ethical transformations that take place in these individuals.
- ItemSomente MetadadadosA influência de fatores psico-socio-espirituais na saúde mental e cefaleias de moradores da comunidade de Paraisópolis(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2013-01-30) Lucchetti, Giancarlo [UNIFESP]; Peres, Mario Fernando Prieto Peres [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)Objectives: the objectives of the present study were: to estimate the prevalence of primary headaches in a low income community, to investigate the role of psycho-socio-spiritual factors on mental health (alcohol and tobacco use) and headaches in the community of ‘Paraisópolis’, Brazil and, to validate into Portuguese the instrument used in this study to measure religiosity (Duke Religion Index). Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based study was undertaken involving residents from the ‘Paraisópolis’ community, in São Paulo, Brazil. Door-to-door interviews were conducted and the questionnaire included questions about socio-demographic characteristics, questions about headaches, depression and anxiety (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) and religiosity (Duke Religion Index). Statistical analysis was carried out using multivariate models and, using internal consistency and construct validity for the validation of DUREL. Results: 383 residents were evaluated, with a predominance of women (74.4%) and young adults (57.9% less than 40 years old). DUREL was validated with good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.75) and good discriminative validity. The prevalence of headache, migraine, chronic migraine and tension-type headache were 47%, 20.4%, 8.4% and 6.2% respectively. Migraine was more prevalent in women and among employed people. Psychological factors such as anxiety and subthreshold anxiety were also associated to primary headaches prevalence and, organizational and non-organizational religiosity were associated with less tobacco and alcohol use. Conclusions: The prevalence of migraine and chronic migraine in this low-income community residents were high and tension-type headache was low. The psychological, social and religious/spiritual aspects had an impact on the prevalence of headaches, alcohol and tobacco use. These aspects should be considered by health professionals working with psychiatric and neurological patients, because they may influence patient’s health-disease process.
- ItemSomente MetadadadosReligiousness and headache: Is there a relation? Results from a representative sample of adults living in a low-income community(Sage Publications Ltd, 2015-03-01) Lucchetti, Giancarlo; Lucchetti, Alessandra L. G.; Prieto Peres, Mario F. [UNIFESP]; Univ Fed Juiz de Fora; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Brazilian Med Spiritist Assoc; Albert Einstein HospBackground the use of religious behaviors to alleviate the consequences of stressful life circumstances is a frequent strategy employed by pain sufferers. Specifically in the field of headache research, to date, few studies have assessed spiritual and religious beliefs.Objective the objective of this article is to investigate the relation between religiousness (organizational, non-organizational and intrinsic) and headache disorders in a representative sample of adults living in a low-income community.Methods This was a cross-sectional, population-based study. in 2005, we conducted door-to-door interviews with 439 people, aged more than 18 years, randomly selected from a low-income community in Brazil. Four regression models were created to explain the relationships between religious involvement and headache, controlling for demographics, depression/anxiety and alcohol use and smoking.Results of the 439 households contacted, at least one member from 383 (87.2%) households participated. We interviewed more women (74.4%) and more subjects aged 18-39 years. the mean age was 41.7 (SD 8.5) years. Bivariate analysis shows that high religious attendance, non-organizational religiousness and intrinsic religiousness were associated with presence of headache and presence of migraine. After the logistic regression models, only high non-organizational religiousness remained associated with presence of headache (odds ratio (OR): 1.22 (1.01-1.49)). All other religious variables were unrelated to the presence of headache and its types.Conclusion There is a modest relationship between high non-organizational religiousness and presence of headache. Headache sufferers may use coping strategies such as private religious behaviors to try to overcome suffering.