TY - JOUR
T1 - Religion, Spirituality, and Ethics in Psychiatric Practice
AU - Dike, Charles C.
AU - Briz, Laura
AU - Fadus, Matthew
AU - Martinez, Richard
AU - May, Catherine
AU - Milone, Richard
AU - Nesbit-Bartsch, Ariana
AU - Powell, Tia
AU - Witmer, Ashley
AU - Brendel, Rebecca Weintraub
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - The interface of religion, spirituality, and psychiatric practice has long been of interest to the ethical psychiatrist. Some prominent early psychotherapists had a strained relationship with religion and spirituality. They posited that religion and spirituality were forms of mental illness, which discouraged the discussion of these values during treatment despite the fact that many patients subscribed to a religious or spiritual viewpoint. Contrarily, others supported a harmonious relationship with religion and spirituality and served as trailblazers for the incorporation of religion and spirituality into psychiatric treatment. As the field of psychiatry continues to evolve, additional dimensions of the relationship between religion, spirituality, and psychiatric practice must be explored. Today, many modern psychiatrists appreciate the importance of incorporating religion and spirituality into treatment, but questions such as whether it is ethical to practice psychiatry from a particular religious or spiritual viewpoint or for psychiatrists to advertise that they subscribe to a particular religion or spirituality and to engage in religious or spiritual practices with their patients remain nuanced and complex. In this resource document, the authors put forth and examine the ramifications of a bio-psycho-social-religious/spiritual model for psychological development and functioning, with this fourth dimension shifting the focus from symptom reduction alone to include other aspects of human flourishing such as resilience, meaning-making, and hope.
AB - The interface of religion, spirituality, and psychiatric practice has long been of interest to the ethical psychiatrist. Some prominent early psychotherapists had a strained relationship with religion and spirituality. They posited that religion and spirituality were forms of mental illness, which discouraged the discussion of these values during treatment despite the fact that many patients subscribed to a religious or spiritual viewpoint. Contrarily, others supported a harmonious relationship with religion and spirituality and served as trailblazers for the incorporation of religion and spirituality into psychiatric treatment. As the field of psychiatry continues to evolve, additional dimensions of the relationship between religion, spirituality, and psychiatric practice must be explored. Today, many modern psychiatrists appreciate the importance of incorporating religion and spirituality into treatment, but questions such as whether it is ethical to practice psychiatry from a particular religious or spiritual viewpoint or for psychiatrists to advertise that they subscribe to a particular religion or spirituality and to engage in religious or spiritual practices with their patients remain nuanced and complex. In this resource document, the authors put forth and examine the ramifications of a bio-psycho-social-religious/spiritual model for psychological development and functioning, with this fourth dimension shifting the focus from symptom reduction alone to include other aspects of human flourishing such as resilience, meaning-making, and hope.
KW - Spirituality
KW - ethics
KW - mental illness
KW - psychiatric practice
KW - psychiatrists
KW - religion
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U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001505
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001505
M3 - Article
C2 - 35344979
AN - SCOPUS:85135383183
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 210
SP - 557
EP - 563
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 8
ER -