Spirituality and Mental Health Care
Rediscovering a 'Forgotten' Dimension
$79.35
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
14 February 2001
Summary
Despite a wealth of evidence demonstrating a strong positive correlation between a person’s spirituality and their mental health, there is evidence to suggest that those who seek to provide health care are not taking it seriously enough. This work presents a model of mental health care that will enable carers to incorporate spirituality effectively into their caring strategies.
Using a critical evidence-based and interdisciplinary approach to contemporary mental health practice, the a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781853028045 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1853028045 |
| Author: | John Swinton |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 February 2001 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 152mm x 228mm |
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Critics Review
The author of this timely study, who comes from a background in psychiatric nursing and hospital chaplaincy, is currently a lecturer in Practical Theology at Aberdeen. His achievement is to have written a practical and in part evidence-based study of the spiritual aspects of psychiatric practice, both as they are and as they might become. Whatever our own beliefs, we can afford no longer to neglect the spiritual dimension of our patients’ suffering. This information-rich and clearly written book charts relatively unknown territory with which we urgently need to become much more familiar. – The Scientific and Medical Network Review
Please do not be put off by the rather lengthy title of this interesting book, it is an easy read with a lot of food for thought, on a subject that Society often takes for granted - namely the need for a sense of direction in one’s life, and the connection between innate spirituality.
If you are working with clients who have mental problems, this book will help guide and inform you if you are not (and I am not) then this book will provide you with a voyage of self awareness.
Spirituality in nursing has been sidelined for generations - being reduced largely to ascertaining the patient’s religion then informing the nearest chaplain. This book makes a very strong case for the relevance of a deeper knowledge and skills base in the field of spirituality for nurses and other health care practitioners as an integral aspect of holistic care. It offers much theoretical and practical advice (e.g. giving examples of specific mental health problems such as depression and schizophrenia and suggestions for tools for spiritual assessment). It ought to be used as a core text for those who encounter people with mental health problems and who wish (ought) to embrace spirituality in everyday care. – Accident and Emergency Nursing
John Swinton
John Swinton is the current Editor of Contact. He is Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen and a minister in the Church of Scotland.
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