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Keeps us the faith healthy? Some studies show that religious people live longer and are less sick. However, the results are controversial. Physicians and psychologists are the effects of religiosity on the track.

Those who still belongs to those who celebrate Christmas, because in those days that Jesus Christ was born two millennia ago, is likely to be pleased with the statement of the Viennese psychiatrist Raphael Bonelli first: “If religion were a pill, it would now probably be approved for medicinal . ”

Bonelli has recently seen and compared together with colleagues from Duke University, numerous studies on the influence of religion on mental health. In the “Journal of Religion and Health,” the researchers conclude: addiction, suicide and to some extent even depression are less frequent in religious people than among atheists.

According to Bonelli, who heads the research group Neuropsychiatry at the private Sigmund Freud University Vienna, which is also good to explain: “Many people today are thrown back on themselves, they feel trapped in themselves and isolated so sometimes literally.” Religion transcendent refer to something higher, you have the feeling that “only” to be a creature of the Creator – and that has, according to Bonelli something reassuring: “The believer knows there’s someone who holds it in his hand and for him provides. makes you feel safe, and that creates mental stability. ”

Christmas News:Protects faith even against high blood pressure and heart attack ?

How does religious faith affects the health, in decades is a lot and hotly debated question, the results are often as interesting as controversial. Especially in relation to suicide and addictions Bonelli has now shown with its large-scale study that a positive effect of religious belief here is highly probable.

But what about physical illness? Protects the belief possibly also against high blood pressure, heart attack, infectious diseases?

While there are many studies that suggest that. For example, scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim want to have found that churchgoers have lower blood pressure than non-believers. Other studies from the USA bring the higher life expectancy in certain areas with the highest number of churches there in conjunction.

But the majority of such studies should be treated with caution , often the participants are pre-selected , negative results are not published . “Especially infected in the U.S. behind many studies also massive lobbying ,” says Sebastian Murken , Religion psychologist at the University of Marburg. Hardly any of the studies was loaded on closer inspection.

Should it be something to some positive results , it is most likely only indirectly in the Religion: Believers often have a better health behavior , they eat healthier and exercise more . Also a good social network and partnerships in which religious people often live as atheists , protect proven against all possible types of diseases. So it does not seem the belief in one God to be who keeps people healthy , but their health -promoting behaviors and positive knowledge to facilitate the management of the disease .

Christmas News:Faith is not the same faith

This faith is not always contributes to a health-promoting behavior. At an individual level it may also have negative effects such as Bonelli has found. The psychiatrist distinguishes two types of religiosity. The so-called intrinsic religiosity is motivated for the sake of their religion, you believe in God because they are convinced that there is indeed him. However, the extrinsic religiosity is often fear or greed controlled. In the church you go mainly because otherwise you afraid of the consequences, or because you want to be loved by all.

It is precisely this kind of religiosity can have negative effects. “If something goes wrong, some interpret it quickly as a punishment,” said Bonelli. “The victims are afraid, and this puts further stress.” The psychiatrist refers to the phenomenon as “neurotic religiosity”. Although such cases are rare, but they came before.

Intrinsic religiosity but that most likely has a positive effect on their own health, can be learned not easy. It is impossible, for example, intrinsically to believe because you know that you would probably healthier it says Bonelli: “This can not as pushing a button on and off you.” Religion is after all not a pill.

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