A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry [June, 1975] tends to confirm this view: John Spencer, writing on "The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses," reports that a study of Witnesses admitted to the Mental Health Services facilities of Western Australia “suggests that members of this section of the community are more likely to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital than the general population. Furthermore, followers of the sect are three times more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and four times more likely from paranoid schizophrenia than the rest of the population."
Spencer says that the principal problem for a researcher "seems to be to decide whether extreme religiosity such as is seen in the so-called ‘neurotic sects' is a symptom of an overt psychiatric disorder, or whether it is a complex defense mechanism against an underlying disorder." His study does not resolve the issue. It "suggests," he says, "that either the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect tends to attract an excess of pre-psychotic individuals who may then break down, or else being a Jehovah's Witness is itself a stress which may precipitate a psychosis. Possibly both of these factors may operate together."
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Spencer says that the principal problem for a researcher "seems to be to decide whether extreme religiosity such as is seen in the so-called ‘neurotic sects' is a symptom of an overt psychiatric disorder, or whether it is a complex defense mechanism against an underlying disorder." His study does not resolve the issue. It "suggests," he says, "that either the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect tends to attract an excess of pre-psychotic individuals who may then break down, or else being a Jehovah's Witness is itself a stress which may precipitate a psychosis. Possibly both of these factors may operate together."
http://www.exjws.net/vg5.htm
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