Editing Messiah complex (section)

== Examples ==
In terms of the attitude wherein an individual sees themselves as having to save another or a group of poor people, there is the notion that the action inflates their own sense of importance and discounts the skills and abilities of the people they are helping to improve their own lives.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Leader's Guide|last1=Corbett|first1=Steve|last2=Fikkert|first2=Brian|date=2014|publisher=[[Moody Publishers]]|isbn=978-0802491886}}{{page?|date=December 2022}}</ref>

The messiah complex is most often reported in patients with [[bipolar disorder]] and [[schizophrenia]].<ref name= Goldwert1993>{{cite journal | vauthors = Goldwert M |title= The messiah-complex in schizophrenia |journal= Psychol Rep |date= 1993 | volume = 73| issue = 1|pages=331–335|doi=10.2466/pr0.1993.73.1.331
|pmid=8367574 |pmc= |url= https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2466/pr0.1993.73.1.331|url-access=subscription
 }}</ref> When a messiah complex is manifested within a religious individual after a visit to [[Jerusalem]], it may be identified as a [[psychosis]] known as [[Jerusalem syndrome]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freethoughtnation.com/dangerous-delusions-the-messiah-complex-and-jerusalem-syndrome/ |title=Dangerous delusions: The Messiah Complex and Jerusalem Syndrome |work=[[Freethought Nation]] |access-date=25 July 2015 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216080915/http://freethoughtnation.com/dangerous-delusions-the-messiah-complex-and-jerusalem-syndrome/ |url-status=live}}</ref>