Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures

Part of the expanding Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures is a timely exploration of the implications of R/S on mental health.

Religiosity and spirituality (R/S) represent a very important factor of daily life for many individuals across different cultures and contexts. It is associated with lower rates of depression, suicide, mortality, and substance abuse, and is positively correlated with well-being and quality of life. Despite growing academic recognition and scientific literature on these connections this knowledge has not been translated into clinical practice.

Written and edited by 38 experts in the fields of spirituality and mental health from 11 countries, covering a wide range of cultural and geographical perspectives, this unique resource assesses how mental health relates to world religions, agnosticism, atheism, and spiritualism unaffiliated with organised religion, with a practical touch.

Across 25 chapters, this resource provides readers with a succinct and trustworthy review of the latest research and how this can be applied to clinical care. The first section covers the princ

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Moreira-Almeida, Alexander; Mosqueiro, Bruno Paz; Bhugr, Dinesh

ISBN:

978-0-19-884683-3

Specialty:

• Health Equity
• Religious Studies
• Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Culture & Ethnicity
• Community Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Cultural Competency in Healthcare

Language:

English

Edition:

1st Ed.

Pages:

0

Publication Year:

2021

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