This paper describes a pattern regarding the relationship between feminine sexuality, religiousness and psychotic distress that was discerned in two independent multiple case studies in Greece. One study utilized grounded theory to develop a model of therapeutic change through recording the development of voice hearers’ understanding and coping with their voices during a therapeutic intervention. The other study applied biographical and thematic analysis to interviews with persons with psychosis and their families, in order to explore family narratives regarding life with a family member with psychosis. A common pattern was detected for all the female participants, whereby following a religious upbringing in childhood and pursuing independence from the family together with social and sexual exploration in early adulthood, the onset of psychosis marked a return to the family home and a religious frame of reference. The psychotic experiences seemed to resemble engrained experiences of shaming regarding sexual and gender norms. Moreover, they had the effect of re-signifying female identity and sexuality, bringing them into line with conservative religious principles. This pattern suggests that psychotic experiences may not only express culturally prescribed female gender norms but also may serve to regulate women’s sexuality in conservative religious cultural environments.

本文描述了在希腊的两个独立的多个案例研究中发现的关于女性性欲、宗教信仰和精神病困扰之间关系的模式。一项研究利用扎根理论，通过记录听者在治疗干预期间对声音的理解和应对他们的声音的发展，来开发治疗变化的模型。另一项研究将传记和主题分析应用于对精神病患者及其家人的采访，以探索有关与精神病家庭成员生活的家庭叙述。所有女性参与者都发现了一种共同模式，即在童年时期接受宗教教育并在成年早期追求独立于家庭以及社会和性探索，精神病的发作标志着回归家庭和宗教参照系。精神病的经历似乎类似于对性和性别规范的羞辱根深蒂固的经历。此外，它们具有重新表示女性身份和性取向的效果，使它们符合保守的宗教原则。这种模式表明，精神病经历不仅可以表达文化规定的女性性别规范，还可以在保守的宗教文化环境中调节女性的性行为。使他们符合保守的宗教原则。这种模式表明，精神病经历不仅可以表达文化规定的女性性别规范，还可以在保守的宗教文化环境中调节女性的性行为。使他们符合保守的宗教原则。这种模式表明，精神病经历不仅可以表达文化规定的女性性别规范，还可以在保守的宗教文化环境中调节女性的性行为。