Why do psychiatrists neglect religion?

Neeleman, Jan; Persaud, Raj

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1995.tb01823.x

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“…It was often assumed that religious attitudes were inevitably the cause of phenomena such as dependence, guilt or delusions (Neeleman and Persaud 1995). Moreover, the gap between psychiatry and religion has widened over the years, partly due to psychiatry's progress in elucidating the biological and psychological causes of mental illness, which have rendered religious explanations more and more superfluous (Payman 2000).…”

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Religion and Spirituality: How Clinicians in Quebec and Geneva Cope with the Issue When Faced with Patients Suffering from Chronic Psychosis

Borras

Mohr

Gillièron

et al. 2009

Community Ment Health J

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Spirituality and religion have been found to be important in the lives of many people suffering from severe mental disorders, but it has been claimed that clinicians "neglect" their patients' religious issues. In Geneva, Switzerland and Trois-Rivières, Quebec, 221 outpatients and their 57 clinicians were selected for an assessment of religion and spirituality. A majority of the patients reported that religion was an important aspect of their lives. Many clinicians were unaware of their patients' religious involvement, even if they reported feeling comfortable with the issue. Both areas displayed strikingly similar results, which supports their generalization.

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Religion and Spirituality: How Clinicians in Quebec and Geneva Cope with the Issue When Faced with Patients Suffering from Chronic Psychosis

Borras

Mohr

Gillièron

et al. 2009

Community Ment Health J

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“…An increase in religious activities might be associated with a better outcome of schizophrenia [16,17] and depression [11][12][13][14][15]. When psychiatrists see it as one of their tasks to substitute hope for hopelessness, they may be able to learn something from religion, which has many centuries of experience with this problem [2]. A recent controlled study [44] found that highly religious patients with bereavement tended to improve faster when a religious psychotherapy was added to a cognitive-behavioural approach.…”

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“…Religious beliefs in psychiatric patients are relatively neglected by psychiatrists and psychologists [1][2][3]. This might be partly due to the fact that they are less religiously oriented than their patients and the general population [4,5].…”

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Religious Faith after Psychotic Illness

Kirov

Kemp²,

Kirov³

et al. 1998

Psychopathology

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Religion can play an important role in the lives of psychiatric patients. We assessed how often a psychotic illness can lead to a change in the strength of religious faith and how commonly religion is used for coping with such illnesses in a sample of consecutively admitted patients. 52 patients with psychosis were interviewed regarding their religious beliefs after their index admission. 69.4% of the patients were religious, and 11 (22.4%) stated that religion was the most important part of their lives. 30.4% of the sample described that there had been an increase in their religiousness after the onset of illness. 61.2% of patients were using their religion for coping with the illness. Such patients had a better insight into their illness and were more compliant with antipsychotic medication. We conclude that the experience of a psychotic illness is likely to lead to an increase in religious beliefs. Such beliefs are commonly used for coping with the illness and some patients attach a great importance to them.

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“…23 These negative attitudes towards religion have influenced many psychiatrists in the 20th century. 24 In 2003, a national random sample of 1,144 U.S. physicians found that psychiatrists were less religious than other physicians. This gap and the lack of training on issues related to R/S and medicine make it more difficult for some psychiatrists to empathize with religious patients and provide appropriate, culturally competent care to these patients.…”

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Clinical implications of spirituality to mental health: review of evidence and practical guidelines

Moreira‐Almeida

Koenig

Lucchetti

2014

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

184

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Objective: Despite empirical evidence of a relationship between religiosity/spirituality (R/S) and mental health and recommendations by professional associations that these research findings be integrated into clinical practice, application of this knowledge in the clinic remains a challenge. This paper reviews the current state of the evidence and provides evidence-based guidelines for spiritual assessment and for integration of R/S into mental health treatment. Methods: PubMed searches of relevant terms yielded 1,109 papers. We selected empirical studies and reviews that addressed assessment of R/S in clinical practice. Results: The most widely acknowledged and agreed-upon application of R/S to clinical practice is the need to take a spiritual history (SH), which may improve patient compliance, satisfaction with care, and health outcomes. We found 25 instruments for SH collection, several of which were validated and of good clinical utility. Conclusions: This paper provides practical guidelines for spiritual assessment and integration thereof into mental health treatment, as well as suggestions for future research on the topic.

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Why do psychiatrists neglect religion?

Cited by 100 publications

References 19 publications

Religion and Spirituality: How Clinicians in Quebec and Geneva Cope with the Issue When Faced with Patients Suffering from Chronic Psychosis

Religion and Spirituality: How Clinicians in Quebec and Geneva Cope with the Issue When Faced with Patients Suffering from Chronic Psychosis

Religious Faith after Psychotic Illness

Clinical implications of spirituality to mental health: review of evidence and practical guidelines

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