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Clinical implications of spirituality to mental health: review of evidence and practical guidelines
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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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“Indeed, most patients would like to talk about their R/S in health care settings but, surprisingly, most have never been asked.18”
From Brazilian Psychiatric Association guidelines on the integration of spirituality into mental health clinical practice: Part 1. Spiritual history and differential diagnosis (2023) · cites this paper as [18]
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“The evidence shows that a large majority of physicians consider it important to integrate R/S into their practice, but most of them face difficulties in addressing such topics with their patients, due to a lack of time and a lack of appropriate training.13,14”
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“In addition, some authors have emphasised the importance of discussing religion/spirituality in the therapeutic context and distinguished between their positive and negative aspects.23,24”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Moreira-Almeida, A., Koenig, H. G., & Lucchetti, G.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (BR)
- Venue
- Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
- Publisher
- EDITORA SCIENTIFIC
- Published
- 2014-04
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 176-182
- ISSN
- 1516-4446 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2158904243
- Cited by
- 261
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 9
- FWCI
- 1.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
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- Licence
- cc-by-nc
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- 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 › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- spirituality, religiosity, mental health, spiritual assessment, spiritual history, medication adherence, patient satisfaction
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Humans, Mental Health, Treatment Outcome, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Needs Assessment, Spirituality
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