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Religion, spirituality, and medicine: psychiatrists' and other physicians' differing observations, interpretations, and clinical approaches
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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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“Even though psychiatrists reported having fewer difficulties and more experience in handling their patients’ R/S, these attitudes and perceptions have not always been reflected in their practice, and they face the same barriers as other medical specialists when approaching patients’ R/S.15”
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“In response to the increased importance of religion/spirituality in clinical practice, further research has been carried out, with the purpose of investigating the religious and spiritual profiles of psychiatrists and their attitudes towards including religion/spirituality into the management and care of their patients.9–14”
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“In our study, 45.5% of the participants stated they often discussed religion/spirituality with their patients, a much lower figure than that reported in the study by Curlin et al,13 where a higher proportion (87%) of American psychiatrists reported always asking about their patients’ religion/spirituality.”
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“Among the medical specialties, psychiatry has been described as the least religious.13,20”
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Metadata
- 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)
- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2007-12
- Volume
- 164
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1825-1831
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
- PMC
- PMC2861911
- OpenAlex
- W2103704809
- Semantic Scholar
- da15566e916b8a522c57252c1c7e56f22428079d
- Cited by
- 213
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 7.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- 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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