To fast or not to fast?” Ramadan and religiosity through the eyes of people with bipolar disorder

An exploratory study

Bibliographic Data

ID15527273
AuthorsImen Mejri (Tunis El Manar University), Uta Ouali (0000-0001-6916-2110, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, corresponding author), Petra C Gronholm (0000-0002-4482-6993, King's College London), Yosra Zgueb (0000-0003-1014-713X, Hôpital Razi de La Manouba), Abdelhafidh Ouertani, Fethi Nacef
Year2023
Volume14
Pages1270000-1270000
Publication date2023-10-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1270000
PMID37908594
OpenAlexW4387671271
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited35

Religiosity and more specifically the practice of Ramadan remains an important point that should be considered when treating patients with psychiatric problems. It seems necessary that healthcare professionals should integrate the positive and the negative side of fasting into their reflections. Our results remain exploratory and encourage further work on the subject

Affect (linguistics · Bipolar disorder · Mental health · Mental illness · Mood · Psychiatry · Religiosity · Stigma (botany · Bipolar Disorder and Treatment · Clinical Psychology · Dietary Effects on Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology