The Effect of Spirituality on the Subjective Recovery of Psychiatric Patients

• Published in: Journal of religion and health Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 2438 - 2449
• Main Authors: CAN ÖZ, Yüksel, DURAN, Songül
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aging; Clinical Psychology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Original Paper; Psychiatric-mental health nursing; Public Health; Religion; Religious Studies; Spirituality; Subjective recovery; Psychiatric patients; Spiritual well-being
• ISSN: 0022-4197; 1573-6571
• DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01226-5

Spiritual well-being is among the factors that affect subjective recovery. This study aimed to explore the relationship between subjective recovery and spiritual well-being among psychiatric patients and to identify the factors that affected their subjective recovery. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 96 patients admitted to the psychiatry clinic of a hospital. It was found that the patients had high subjective recovery assessment levels and medium levels of spiritual well-being. There was a positive association between the patients’ subjective recovery assessments and their spiritual well-being, and spiritual well-being was a significant predictor of the subjective recovery level. It is recommended that mental health professionals focus on serving patients through a holistic healthcare approach and enhancing patients’ subjective recovery levels through applications that will strengthen the spiritual dimension.