Analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the psychopathology of mental health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying evidence-based research.

Scenario:

A 44-year-old white Australian man who was not religious was referred to outpatient psychiatric treatment. He had been playing with a 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.

Questions:

• Discuss the relationship between mental illness and religion.
• Is this classified as psychopathology? Support your response.

Submission Instructions:

Post should be 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.