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9336853

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
When confronted by the threat of illness, general medical and psychiatric patients may turn to treatments that have a spiritual orientation but lack empirical validation. This article examines the nature of contemporary movements that offer these treatments and their impact on medical care. A typology of spiritually oriented recovery movements is presented, including those associated with established religions, holistic medicine, or programs for self-liberation. Possible mechanisms for their behavioral and physiologic impact on health status are discussed. The psychological appeal of these treatments is analyzed in light of the way sick people may attribute meaning to illness and may then become engaged into a spiritual recovery movement, achieve a sense of self-efficacy through affiliation, and finally comply with putative "healing" practices. Although some spiritual recovery movements provide hope in the face of illness and even offer therapeutic benefits, they may also discourage patients from getting appropriate medical treatment and promote harmful regimens. Options are discussed for mental health professionals' response to the spiritual orientation of their patients and options for future research.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-2747
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Spiritual recovery movements and contemporary medical care.
pubmed:affiliation
NYU School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review