A 44-year-old white Australian man who was not religious was referred to outpatient psychiatric treatment
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. He had been playing with an Ouija board for two months when he started to believe that a spirit had entered his body through his rectum and was controlling him. He thought the spirit made him move and speak in a certain way.
He sought help from a local church, where he was told it was a psychiatric problem and that he was not really possessed. Two exorcisms at a local church failed to achieve any improvement.
Explain:
Remember to answer these questions from your textbooks and NP guidelines. At all times, explain your answers.
- Discuss the relationship between mental illness and religion.
- Is this classified as psychopathology? Support your response using DSM5 criteria.
Requirements:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words (2 pages), formatted and cited in current 7 ed APA style with support from at least 3 academic sources. NO WEBSITES ALLOWED FOR REFERENCES. Must be books or journal articles from 2018 up to now. Plagiarism must be less than 10%