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Mental and Physical Health and Spiritual Healing: An Evaluation of Complementary Religious Therapies Provided by Spiritist Centers in the City of São Paulo, Brazil

Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero, Lucchetti, Giancarlo, Leão, Frederico Camelo, Peres, Mario Fernando Prieto, Vallada, Homero·2016·Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry
DOI 10.1007/s11013-015-9478-z
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The present study aims to describe the characteristics of the complementary religious treatment conducted by Spiritist centers in the city of São Paulo (Brazil), to understand how physical and mental health problems are addressed and how the directors of these centers differentiate between persons with spiritual experiences from those with psychiatric disorders. From 365 Spiritist centers, which received the questionnaire, 55 (15.1 %) were included in the final analysis. There were on average 261 people per week attending spiritual sessions in each center, totalizing approximately 15,000 attendees per week in all 55 centers. The most common treatment performed in these centers was disobsession (Spirit release therapy) (92.7 %); the least common was the 'spiritual surgery', present in only 5.5 %. The most frequent health problems reported by attendees were depression (45.1 %), cancer (43.1 %) and diseases in general (33.3 %). Concerning the directors' awareness to differentiate between spiritual experiences and psychiatric disorders, we found some remarkable divergent opinions. In conclusion, the Spiritist centers are an important health related support system for the city of São Paulo, responsible for a significant share of the city's total health consultations. The most common conditions the patients suffer from were depression and cancer.

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Authors
Lucchetti, A. L. G., Lucchetti, G., Leão, F. C., Peres, M. F. P., & Vallada, H.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (BR)
  • Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Corresponding author
Lucchetti, Giancarlo
ORCID
Venue
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-11-02
Volume
40
Issue
3
Pages
404-421
ISSN
  • 0165-005X (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-076X
DOI
10.1007/s11013-015-9478-z
OpenAlex
W1946146434
Semantic Scholar
469bbfb86e5b27aad23a5cd2ff0ba26c30226bb1
Cited by
25
References
44
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
FWCI
2.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Culture Medicine and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Instituto Bairral, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
Keywords
spiritism, spiritual healing, depression, cancer, mental health, physical health, São Paulo
MeSH terms
Adult, Mental Disorders, Brazil, Depression, Health Status, Humans, Neoplasms, Religion and Medicine, Spiritual Therapies

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