There is a relative paucity of literature in the field of spirituality among people who have a
lived experience of severe mental illness from Australia. Sixteen individuals with a severe …

Methods I approached two community mental health centres in rural Australia and asked
case managers to invite patients who were willing to talk about their experiences of …

Spirituality as a dimension of quality of life and well-being has recently begun to be more
valued within person-centred treatment approaches to mental health in the UK. The aim of …

Mental health, religion and spirituality have only recently been studied in relation to one
another. In this research, for the first time service users/survivors undertook the whole project …

This article reviews the relationship between mental health and religion/spirituality over the
last twenty years as a background to exploring the current attitudes, experience and …

Objective: Recent psychiatric literature and contemporary sociopolitical developments
suggest a need to reconsider the place of religion and spirituality in psychiatry. This paper …

Objective: To carry out a pilot study surveying the spiritual attitudes and needs of patients
with a psychiatric illness at the Centre of Excellence in Remote and Rural Psychological …

Over the past twenty years, interest in religion and spirituality within social work practice has
grown internationally. Whilst the social work profession in the UK is criticised for being …

Objective: Based on evidence obtained from recent Australian psychiatric patient surveys, a
need to include the spiritual and religious dimension of patients in their psychiatric care has …

Recent years have seen increased interest in the relationship between spirituality, religion
and psychotherapy. Spirituality and religion may provide a lens through which to view one's …