Belief In God Correlates With Better Mental Health Treatment Outcomes 931
Hatta writes "According to researchers from Harvard Medical School, belief in god is correlated with improved outcomes of treatment for depression. Quoting: '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. "Belief was associated with not only improved psychological well-being, but decreases in depression and intention to self-harm," says David H. Rosmarin, Ph.D., an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.' This raises interesting questions. Does this support the concept of depressive realism? If the association is found to be causal, would it be ethical for a psychiatrist to prescribe religion?"
Does screaming OH GOD during sex (Score:5, Funny)
Correlate to better outcomes during sex?
If you can belive in a god (Score:3, Funny)
Then you can be tricked into believing you can be helped by the doctor. A weak mind is easily manipulated. Both for good and evil.
Re:Does screaming OH GOD during sex (Score:3, Funny)
If it's Jesus getting it on with his dad, it's perfectly legit. If it's Jesus getting it on with his mother, Jesus might get jealous when she screams, "Oh, God!"
Re:God gives cover to any excuse (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is here, because? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Belief system (Score:0, Funny)
Re:This is here, because? (Score:3, Funny)
So you feel inferior when talking to people who are less delusional than you? How is that their fault?