UTJECAJ RELIGIOZNOSTI NA MENTALNO ZDRAVLJE
THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOSITY ON MENTAL HEALTH

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this essay is to demonstrate the relationship between religiosity and personal mental health. Religion, that is manifested in person‘s religiosity is a phenomenon which we can recognize since the beginning of human history. Society, in its various facets, is strongly impacted by religion. Many prominent individuals in history have shared their observations of its impact on a man‘s psyche, that is his mental condition. This essay in part conveys the reflections of some of these individuals. For the purpose of better understanding that religiosity has on person‘s mental health it is important to define what mental health is. The experience and observations of professionals who are trained in the field of mental health demonstrate the existence of good and beneficial effects of religiosity on people‘s psyche, as well as the negative ones. However, this essay is not an exhaustive and complete explanation of them. And in the end, the term ecclesiogenic neuroses is covered to illustrate dynamic relationship between religiosity and its effects on mental conditions

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