Psychiatric patients' belief in general health factors and sin as causes of illness.

Sheehan, W; Kroll, J · Am J Psychiatry · 1990

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Abstract

Of 52 psychiatric inpatients, 81% believed that factors such as proper diet, sleep, and exercise affect the development of illnesses, and 23% believed that sin-related factors, such as sinful thoughts or acts, have such an effect.

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