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Religion, spirituality, and medicine: psychiatrists' and other physicians' differing observations, interpretations, and clinical approaches

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Curlin, Farr A., Lawrence, Ryan E., Odell, Shaun, Chin, Marshall H., Lantos, John D., Koenig, Harold G., Meador, Keith G.·2007·American Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122088PMC PMC2861911
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OBJECTIVE: This study compared the ways in which psychiatrists and nonpsychiatrists interpret the relationship between religion/spirituality and health and address religion/spirituality issues in the clinical encounter. METHOD: The authors mailed a survey to a stratified random sample of 2,000 practicing U.S. physicians, with an oversampling of psychiatrists. The authors asked the physicians about their beliefs and observations regarding the relationship between religion/spirituality and patient health and about the ways in which they address religion/spirituality in the clinical setting. RESULTS: A total of 1,144 physicians completed the survey. Psychiatrists generally endorse positive influences of religion/spirituality on health, but they are more likely than other physicians to note that religion/spirituality sometimes causes negative emotions that lead to increased patient suffering (82% versus 44%). Compared to other physicians, psychiatrists are more likely to encounter religion/spirituality issues in clinical settings (92% versus 74% report their patients sometimes or often mention religion/spirituality issues), and they are more open to addressing religion/spirituality issues with patients (93% versus 53% say that it is usually or always appropriate to inquire about religion/spirituality). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that the vast majority of psychiatrists appreciate the importance of religion and/or spirituality at least at a functional level. Compared to other physicians, psychiatrists also appear to be more comfortable, and have more experience, addressing religion/spirituality concerns in the clinical setting.

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Authors
Curlin, F. A., Lawrence, R. E., Odell, S., Chin, M. H., Lantos, J. D., Koenig, H. G., & Meador, K. G.
Affiliations
University of Chicago (US)
ORCID
Venue
American Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Published
2007-12
Volume
164
Issue
12
Pages
1825-1831
ISSN
  • 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-7228
DOI
10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06122088
PMC
PMC2861911
OpenAlex
W2103704809
Semantic Scholar
da15566e916b8a522c57252c1c7e56f22428079d
Cited by
213
References
32
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FWCI
7.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (K23AT002749)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
Keywords
religion and spirituality, psychiatrists, physicians, physician beliefs, spirituality and health, patient suffering, religious distress, physician attitudes
MeSH terms
Attitude of Health Personnel, Mental Disorders, Communication, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Psychiatry, Surveys and Questionnaires, Religion and Medicine, Sampling Studies, Logistic Models, Spirituality

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