Who is in Control? How Women in a Halfway House Use Faith to Recover from Drug Addiction

Kerley, Kent R.; Deitzer, Jessica R.; Leban, Lindsay

doi:10.3390/rel5030852

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“…This suggests that women in the Oregon system with higher levels of attendance are attending for largely internal, meaning-driven reasons. This finding is consistent with reports of why men attend HSR services in Oregon (O'Connor and Duncan 2011), and supported by more recent work exploring why women turn to faith during treatment for drug addiction in a halfway house (Kerley et al 2014). Relatedly, recent religious behaviors prior to prison were also associated with higher HSR attendance.…”

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Women’s Engagement with Humanist, Spiritual and Religious Meaning-Making in Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Its Impact on Recidivism

Duncan

Stansfield

Hall³

et al. 2018

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This study explores the long-term impact on recidivism of the engagement of over 300 women prisoners with humanist, spiritual and religious ways of making meaning during their incarceration. Prison chaplains and community volunteers in the Oregon Department of Corrections offered a diverse range of humanist, spiritual and religious (HSR) events to the women, and 95% of them voluntarily engaged at varied levels with an average participation rate of about 3 h per month. The women who attended most often were motivated to do so by intrinsic or meaning-driven reasons and were more likely to have listened to a religious program on radio or TV in the six months before their incarceration. Controlling for ethnicity, risk of recidivism, participation in other programs (education, substance use, cognitive and work), length of time incarcerated, and infractions during incarceration we found an overall significantly positive impact of HSR involvement on recidivism during the first year after release and over a 13-year follow-up period post prison. The impact was concentrated among the 20% of women who attended most frequently (4 or more hours per month) indicating a dosage and consistency of practice effect. Prison chaplains and volunteers make a valuable contribution to the lives of women in prison and to the correctional system; the pro-social support/modeling and diverse help with meaning-making they offer in prison has a positive influence on the women's journey of desistance in the community after prison.

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confidence: 87%

Women’s Engagement with Humanist, Spiritual and Religious Meaning-Making in Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Its Impact on Recidivism

Duncan

Stansfield

Hall³

et al. 2018

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“…On the other hand, there is increasing evidence that some individuals may experience religion as an important part of their recovery (Kerley et al, 2014; Zebracki & Stancin, 2007). Religious involvement has been associated with less psychopathology and less substance abuse (Bonelli & Koenig, 2013).…”

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Without Your Therapist: Contemplative Prayer During Treatment as a Religious Exposure Intervention to Reduce Religious Struggle and Anxious God Representation

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Klokkenburg²,

Schaap‐Jonker

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This case study focuses on the treatment of a 44-year-old Dutch man presenting with an anxious God representation and religious struggles according to DSM-5 criteria. Having received prior treatment for a panic disorder and alcohol use disorder, the patient was given a 60-day treatment in which the Jesus Prayer intervention was used to address his religious and spiritual problems. To our knowledge, this is the first case study involving the Jesus Prayer in the treatment of a patient. The intervention had positive effects on the patient’s religious and spiritual problems concerning an anxious God representation, religious struggles, stress levels and surrender to God. The intervention may also play a supporting role in decreasing symptoms of depression and anxiety and in promoting global mental health, as reliable change index analyses revealed symptom reduction between baseline levels and at post-assessment levels for all measured symptoms, with a semi-gradual decrease over the course of treatment. These improvements were continued in a 3-month follow-up assessment, suggesting promise for the Jesus Prayer as an effective treatment method for religious and spiritual problems. Recommendations regarding the importance of assessing the religious life of patients and implementing spiritual interventions are discussed, as well as the relevance of the therapist’s own assumptions when treating a religious or spiritual problem.

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“…26 27 Surrender to God has been defined as a distinctive religious coping strategy in which individuals have an internal motivation to act in obedience, increasing acceptance of one's limitations and recognition of God's presence. 28 Although the process of surrender in religious programmes is frequently discussed and reported by patients with AUD, [29][30][31] less is known about the working mechanism. Most studies with individuals are related to the inverse relationship with anxiety 32 and worry, 33 suggesting that surrender to God can be an effective coping mechanism in times of crisis.…”

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Protocol for an RCT on cognitive bias modification for alcohol use disorders in a religion-based rehabilitation program

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IntroductionAlcohol-related cues trigger relapse in patients with alcohol use disorders (AUDs). These cues may automatically activate motivational approach tendencies. Through computerised cognitive bias modification (CBM), the tendencies of patients with AUD to approach alcohol can be reduced. The present protocol describes a training intervention with approach bias modification (ApBM) incorporating religion-related stimuli as an alternative to alcohol to improve the effectiveness of CBM in a religion-based rehabilitation centre. AUD is often related to patients’ religious attitudes in this treatment context. The religion-adapted ApBM, therefore, combines training in avoidance of alcohol-related motivational cues and an approach to religion-based motivational cues. This combination’s effectiveness will be compared with a standard ApBM and to a sham ApBM.Methods and analysisUsing a double-blind multiarm parallel randomised controlled trial procedure (ratio 1:1:1), 120 patients with AUD will be randomised into 1 of 3 conditions (religion-adapted ApBM, standard ApBM or sham ApBM) with personalised stimuli. The interventions are delivered over 4 consecutive days during an inpatient detoxification programme in addition to treatment as usual. Assessments occur before the start of the training and after the fourth training session, with follow-up assessments after 1 and 4 months. A multivariate analysis of variance will be used with the primary outcomes, the percentage of days abstinent and meaning in life 4-month follow-up. Secondary outcomes include differences in reported training satisfaction and symptoms of AUD.Ethics and disseminationThis study has been reviewed and approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee Academic Medical Center Amsterdam (Reference number: 2020_251). Further, study results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.Trial registration numberNL75499.018.20.

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Who is in Control? How Women in a Halfway House Use Faith to Recover from Drug Addiction

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Women’s Engagement with Humanist, Spiritual and Religious Meaning-Making in Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Its Impact on Recidivism

Women’s Engagement with Humanist, Spiritual and Religious Meaning-Making in Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Its Impact on Recidivism

Without Your Therapist: Contemplative Prayer During Treatment as a Religious Exposure Intervention to Reduce Religious Struggle and Anxious God Representation

Protocol for an RCT on cognitive bias modification for alcohol use disorders in a religion-based rehabilitation program

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