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The Role Of Spirituality Among Schizophrenia Patients: An Integrated Literature Review, Sarah Bieber
The Role Of Spirituality Among Schizophrenia Patients: An Integrated Literature Review, Sarah Bieber
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Abstract
Background: Over the past 30 years, the field of psychology has evolved to become more receptive towards spirituality as an influential concept in the recovery of many mental health illnesses. The role of spirituality as it relates to recovery for patients living with schizophrenia, however, has not been effectively explored. In order to induce a spiritual sense, one must have an ability to think and reflect abstractly; however, this requirement conflicts with the schizophrenic mind’s preference for concrete thinking. It is questionable whether patients with schizophrenia regard the role of spirituality as it relates to their recovery in the …