@article{ref1,
title="Brazilian studies on religion and mental health: History and current perspectives",
journal="Revista de psiquiatria clínica",
year="2007",
author="Dalgalarrondo, P.",
volume="34",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="25-33",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Several Brazilian scientists have been studying the relationship between religiousness and mental disorders for more than one century. However, currently, those works are poorly known. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: to present an overview of past and current Brazilian studies on mental health and religion. <br><br>METHODS: Analysis of historically important research, as well as current investigation on mental health and religion in Brazil. <br><br>RESULTS: These studies started in Brazil by the end of XIX Century usually focusing on messianism and collective forms of &quot;religious insanity&quot;. Current studies deal with topics like religion and alcohol or drug use, as well as several clinical issues like schizophrenia and suicide. This research line lacks a better integration between empirical work and theoretical analysis data. There is also a need of a closer dialogue with social sciences such as anthropology and sociology of religion. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These Brazilian studies on religiousness and mental health encompass a wide variety of subjects and methods. The search for theories to guide empirical studies and a more effective integration with social sciences would contribute to the development of this field.<p /><p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0101-6083",
doi="10.1590/S0101-60832007000700005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832007000700005"
}