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Religious Affiliation and Psychiatric Morbidity in Brazil: Higher Rates Among Evangelicals and Spiritists

Paulo Dalgalarrondo

Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Campinas, SP, Brazil, pdalga{at}fcm.unicamp.br

Leticia Marín-León

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Neury José Botega

Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Marilisa Berti De Azevedo Barros

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Helenice Bosco de Oliveira

Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Aims: To verify the association between the prevalence of mental symptoms and excessive alcohol intake with religious affiliation, church attendance and personal religiosity.

Methods: A household survey of 515 adults randomly sampled included the WHO SUPRE-MISS questionnaire, SRQ-20 and AUDIT. Weighted prevalences were estimated and logistic analyses were performed.

Results: Minor psychiatric morbidity was greater among Spiritists and Protestants/ Evangelicals than in Catholics and in the `no-religion' group. The latter had a greater frequency of abusive alcohol drinking pattern and Protestants/Evangelicals showed lower drinking patterns.

Conclusions: Although belonging to Protestant/Evangelical churches in Brazil may inhibit alcohol involvement it seems to be associated to a higher frequency of depressive symptoms. Processes of seeking relief in new religious affiliations among sub-groups with previous minor psychiatric symptoms may probably occur in the Brazilian society.

Key Words: alcohol • Brazil • depression • mental health • religion

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 54, No. 6, 562-574 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008091439
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