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Genigraphics® has been producing output from PowerPoint® longer than anyone in the industry; dating back to when we helped Microsoft® design the PowerPoint® software. US and Canada: 1-800-790-4001 Email: info@genigraphics.com [This sidebar area does not print.] “Heaven Help Us!” Religious Affiliation and Emotional Withdrawal Among Inpatients Graham Danzer, L.C.S.W., M.R.A.S.; David Sugarbaker, M.S., M.P.H.; Will Barone, M.A.; Tim Avery, B.S.; Doug Cort, PhD Research Conducted at John George Psychiatric Pavilion, A Center of Excellence Within the Alameda Health System Research shows that religious affiliation (self-reported religious preference) can help individuals with psychotic spectrum disorders cope with their distress, perhaps through increasing social involvement. Other research demonstrates that religious affiliation and involvement exacerbates psychiatric symptoms, especially symptoms of formal thought disorders. Emotional withdrawal may underlie the social disconnectedness that often characterizes the interpersonal aspects of psychotic illness. Background Near admission, the group with religious affiliation had lower levels of emotional withdrawal (M = 2.41, SD = 1.496) compared to the group with no religious affiliation (M = 3.27, SD = 2.020).There was no significant difference on emotional withdrawal between the groups after psychiatric treatment, near discharge. Aim Ninety-six inpatients were administered the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Expanded Version (BPRS-E). The BPRS-E consists of 24 items that attempt to cover a wide range of psychiatric signs and symptoms. Independent samples t-tests compared item 17 of the BPRS-E-- “Emotional Withdrawal”--between the group with “n = 66” and without “n = 33” a stated religious affiliation. Emotional withdrawal was rated on a seven-point Likert scale from 1 (not present) to 7 (extremely severe). Sample Characteristics: Acute Serious Mental Illness Inpatients. Diagnoses: Schizophrenia, Undifferentiated (n=29); Schizoaffective (n=29); Psychotic Disorder NOS (n=15); Bipolar I (n=21); Depressive Disorder NOS (n=4), n= 98, 59 Males, 39 Females, 19-67 years of age. Methods Inpatients with a religious affiliation had lower levels of emotional withdrawal near admission to an inpatient psychiatric hospital and before commencement of acute psychiatric treatment. The relationship between having a religious affiliation and lower level of emotional withdrawal may account for increased levels of social connectedness, a coping mechanism that patients with psychotic spectrum disorders incorporate through involvement in religion. However, after treatment, the protective elements of religious affiliation become less clear following acute treatment as there were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of emotional withdrawal near discharge. Conclusions This study examined whether patients with psychotic spectrum disorders who also have a stated religious affiliation differed from those without on severity of emotional withdrawal shortly after admission (before treatment) and near discharge (after treatment). Results Religious Affiliation Contact Graham Danzer gdanzer@alliant.edugdanzer@alliant.edu David Sugarbaker dsugpsyd@stanford.edudsugpsyd@stanford.edu William Barone wbarone4@gmail.comwbarone4@gmail.com Tim Avery averytj1@gmail.comaverytj1@gmail.com Doug Cort drdoug.cort@gmail.comdrdoug.cort@gmail.com