Medium-term religious support program applied to suicidal psychiatric patients

Psychiatric literature generally recognizes the importance of religion and spirituality in the care of religious psychiatric patients. In this work we aimed to investigate the influence of a supportive religious program on religious patients with suicidal ideation. The results confirmed the theoreti...

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Published inBulletin of Integrative Psychiatry Vol. 28; no. 1; p. 59
Main Authors Herea, Speranta-Giulia, Chirita, Roxana, Bolos, Alexandra, Chele, Gabriela Elena, Szalontay, Andreea, Stefanescu, Cristinel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Institute of Psychiatry Socola, Iasi 01.03.2022
Subjects
Care and treatment
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Psychiatric patients
Religion
Religious aspects
Suicidal behavior
Suicide
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Summary:Psychiatric literature generally recognizes the importance of religion and spirituality in the care of religious psychiatric patients. In this work we aimed to investigate the influence of a supportive religious program on religious patients with suicidal ideation. The results confirmed the theoretical predictions of the psychiatric literature regarding the broad positive value of a complementary religious support applied to religious psychiatric patients. A potential negative effect of the most influential Christian Orthodox religious practices used in the therapy of suicidal patients was also noted. These findings may have significant implications for medium and long-term psychiatric interventions in faith-based settings. KEYWORDS Suicide, religious support, depression, spiritual/religious care practice
ISSN:1453-7257