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Psychotherapy and the spiritual quest
- Author:
- PITCHON Eduardo
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 1(2), November 1998, pp.113-125.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper explores what psychotherapy might offer individuals with spiritual concerns. Theoretical, emotional and practical difficulties in the relations between psychoanalysis and spirituality are discussed. Three kinds of patients are identified vis-a-vis their relationship with spirituality. Illustrative case histories are offered and discussed.
Mental health and religion
- Author:
- LOEWENTHAL Kate Miriam
- Publisher:
- Chapman and Hall
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores religious behaviour and provides a guide for those helping or working with people with mental health problems, stressing throughout that what is normal in one society may not be considered to be so in another. Looks at the relationship between religion and psychotherapy, the mental effects of religious change and conversion, and the roles of women and men and whether women in traditional religions are disempowered and depressed.
Applying the Buddhist four immeasurables to mental health care: a critical review
- Authors:
- CHENG Fung Kei, TSE Samson
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, 34(1), 2015, pp.24-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
With the advent of the use of Buddhist teachings in therapy, including the four immeasurables (loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity), mental health scholars have achieved encouraging results. For this critical review relevant literature was sourced through ProQuest, an electronic database, which consists of 68 major resources, including MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES, and PsycINFO. A total of 16 empirical studies on this theory with regard to their relation to mental health care were identified and analysed, focusing on compassion-focused approaches, programmes for caring professionals, and a psychometric instrument. The data displayed positive indicators in this new research theme; however, many results are tentative due to small sample sizes, or nonrandomised design, and so further investigation is needed. Moreover, existing studies have largely emphasized compassion, which undermines the effectiveness of the four premises as a whole, along with their interplay for therapeutic purposes. Thus, suggestions for future research are proposed here. (Edited publisher abstract)
Religious participation as a predictor of mental health status and treatment outcomes in older persons
- Authors:
- CHEN Hongtu, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(2), February 2007, pp.144-153.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study focuses on examining the relations of religious participation and affiliation to mental health status among older primary care patients, and to the use and clinical outcomes of mental health services. A sample of older adults participating in a clinical study (PRISM-E) to treat their depression with or without co-morbid anxiety (n = 1610) were queried about their religious affiliation and the frequency of their participation in religious activities. The diagnoses of depressive and anxiety disorders were made based on the MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Severity of depressive disorders was assessed by emotional distress using the CES-D. Those attending religious activities on a weekly, monthly, or occasional basis were significantly less likely to have suicidal ideation and emotional distress than those who never participated or participated on a less frequent basis. Frequency of religious participation was not associated with mental health service utilization, but it was predictive of a lower CES-D score at the end of the study intervention. Religious participation is positively associated with older adults' mental health status and treatment effects, but results regarding mental health service utilization were inconclusive.
Knowing our own minds: a survey of how people in emotional distress take control of their lives
- Author:
- FAULKNER Alison
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 104p.diags.list of orgs.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a survey designed to gain insight into the activities, treatments or therapies that people with experience of a range of different mental health problems find helpful, and to learn about the different coping strategies people develop. Covers most of the treatments and therapies people experience, including: medication; ECT; counselling; psychotherapy; alternative and complementary therapies; hobbies and leisure activities; and religious and spiritual beliefs.
Mental health service provision for a multi-cultural society
- Editors:
- BHUI Kamaldeep, OLAJIDE Dele
- Publisher:
- W.B. Saunders
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 291p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: context and consensus; a user's perspective; from culturally sensitive practice culturally competent practice; mental health and the anthropologist; religious issues and their psychological aspects; psychiatry and cultural relativity; the probation service; cultural competence and the law of mental health; the voluntary sector; occupational therapy and developing a culturally sensitive service; mental well being in an multi ethnic society and the importance of healing; clinical psychology; general practice; social work; government policy and ethnic minority mental health; policy and managerial issues; managing for cultural competence; the purchasing commissioner; and transformations and new beginnings.