Cross-Cultural Considerations for Differentiating between Religiosity and Psychosis

Waltman, Scott H.

doi:10.7772/2159-1253.1041

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“…While they emphasized the importance of spiritual exploration by clinicians as part of their clinical formulation interviews, they did not explicitly acknowledge or state spiritual care as potentially integral to this. This highlights another challenge in current research: most studies on spirituality and spiritual care are conducted by researchers with a medical or psychological background (Basset & Baker, 2015;Dein, 2017;Lucas, 2017;Saavedra, 2014;Suhail & Ghauri, 2010;Van Holten 2012;Waltman, 2013), which could explain why it is uncommon to see other perspectives or backgrounds included in research. It could be helpful for future research to include perspectives from spiritual care alongside medical, psychiatric, or psychological backgrounds.…”

Section: Implications For Mental Health Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spiritual understandings of psychosis: the perspectives of spiritual care staff

Taher

Fox

Wilson

2023

Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health

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This thesis is submitted by Reham Al Taher in partial fulfilment for the degree of Doctor in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) at the University of Birmingham. It contains three chapters.Chapter one of the thesis comprises a literature review: a meta-ethnography exploring personal accounts of the facilitators and barriers to seeking help for First-Episode Psychosis (FEP). The process of the meta-ethnography consisted of extracting, appraising, and synthesizing a total of 15 qualitative and mixed-method empirical studies. The second chapter is a qualitative study using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore how spiritual care staff make sense of experiences otherwise termed as "psychosis". The third and final chapter presents a "press release" of both chapter one and two, outlining its main findings in a manner that is suitable and appropriate for public dissemination.No man is an island and this wouldn't have been possible without so many people's support, encouragement, and guidance. I would like to first thank Dr. Andy Fox -I cannot thank you enough for choosing to be my research supervisor and for taking an interest in this topic.You have been nothing but exceptional. To Carol Wilson, this project would not have gotten off the ground if it wasn't for all of your help, and I always enjoyed our conversations together about spiritual metaphysics. I would like to also express my gratitude to the participants who volunteered to take part in this research project -each and every one of you had so much passion and interest and it gave me the fuel I needed from the beginning to the end. I would like to thank Dr. Shazma Thabusom and Dr. Nick Zygouris for allowing me to pick your brain at the beginning when I was thinking about exploring spirituality and psychosis.You both not only encouraged me to speak to the University about turning this topic into a research project, but also let me know you believed this is worth exploring and that I was capable of doing it.To Dr. Michelle Fisher -you were a constant figure of strength over the past three years.From the day of the doctoral interview to now you have always made me feel emotionally safe and I'm forever grateful for that. To the University of Birmingham, thank you for accepting me onto your doctoral programme -it has been metamorphosizing (and that's putting it lightly!)To my trainee family -being around you felt like having a home away from home. In particular I want to thank Simone, Emily, and Nikita -I've lost track of the amount of times we went through similar experiences, experiences so difficult to articulate that can only be understood if you went through it. Not only did we have shared experiences, but our bond was also filled with support, warmth, and cheerleading each other the past 3 years.To Mama, Baba, Khaled, Ola, Hania, Saif, and Lara -I wouldn't be me without you. I love you and need you forever and I look forward to the day we're all together again. To Omar, Amanda, Barbara, and Sheila -you have always believed that I could do this and ...

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Section: Implications For Mental Health Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spiritual understandings of psychosis: the perspectives of spiritual care staff

Taher

Fox

Wilson

2023

Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health

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“…Recently quite a lot of research has been done on religious delusions in relation to mental health. Reviewing the literature, we can say that most of this research revolves around one (or more) of the following issues: (a) the problem of how to differentiate religious beliefs from religious delusions (e.g., Bassett and Baker, 2015; Lenz, 1983; Lucas, 2017; Ng, 2007; O’Connor and Vandenberg, 2010; Peters, 2010; Pierre, 2001; Rosenleitner and Rittmannsberger, 2013; Sims, 2009; Waltman, 2013); (b) the personal significance of delusional beliefs with religious or spiritual content for those concerned (e.g., Danbolt et al., 2011; Dein, 2017; Drinnan & Lavender, 2006; Ouwehand et al., 2014, 2018; Pechey & Halligan, 2011; Pesut et al., 2011; Saavedra, 2014; Suhail & Ghauri, 2010); and (c) studies focussing on the therapeutic interventions for patients suffering from religious delusions (e.g., Miller & McCormack, 2006; Siddle et al., 2002, 2004).…”

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A Chaplain’s View on Religious Delusions (and Other Extraordinary Experiences): Towards a Theological Framework of Understanding

Holten

2021

J Pastoral Care Counsel

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In this article, the author discusses the question of how to evaluate delusions with religious or spiritual content from a theological perspective. How does a spiritual care practitioner listen to such delusions? The author proposes a theory of meaning that can account for both ordinary and extraordinary experiences and discusses a list of theological criteria in terms of which spiritual care practitioners can understand delusional and other extraordinary experiences and beliefs with spiritual content.

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