Spirituality and mental health

The main position of psychiatry is that psychiatry has nothing to do with religion or spirituality. For a long time, people have always believed that religious beliefs and customs have pathological grounds, and psychiatrists have understood them from this perspective for a century. Religion is considered a symptom of psychosis. Jean Charcot and Sigmund Freud combine religion with neurosis. DSM 3 negatively portrays religion by suggesting that religious and spiritual experiences are examples of psychopathology. But recent research strongly suggests that for many patients religion and spirituality are resources that are useful for dealing with stress in life including diseases. Many psychiatrists now believe that religion and spirituality are important to the patient's life. The importance of spirituality in mental health is now widely accepted. As John Turbott [1] stated, the settlement between religion and psychiatry is important for the effectiveness of psychiatric practice. London's Royal College of Psychiatry has a special group of psychiatry and spirituality. The special request of American graduate school medical education university for psychiatrist training requires that all courses be provided with training with religious and spiritual elements that may affect mental health To do. The World Psychiatric Association recently established sections on psychiatry and religion. Lukoff et al. [2] proposed to include diagnostic entities for religious and psychological problems in accepted DSM 4. DSM 4, V 62.89 consists of three categories - ordinary religious and spiritual experiences; religious and spiritual problems leading to mental disorders; and mental disorders in religious and spiritual context. To the best of my knowledge, the Indian Psychiatric Association established a working group on psychiatric health and encouraged the Indian Medical Council to use the history of psychiatry as part of psychiatric evaluation. Nonetheless, the psychiatry world is not fully aware of the importance of religion and spirituality. Religion is not found in most psychiatric textbooks. Only a handful of psychiatrists are using religion and spirit in the treatment situation

The National Mental and Mental Health forum lists spiritual and religious resources and organizations related to mental health. Some of these organizations are shown below. Address: National Mental and Mental Health Forum, 36 Greenacres, Hendon Lane, London, N3 3SF Chizuk Chizuk aims to support mentally disabled people and their families in the Orthodox Jewish community. They are engaged in groups, theater and art therapy, family support, friends, hospital visits of group caregivers, and advocacy activities. Tel: 020 8800 7494 Address: Chizuk, 91-93 Stamford Hill, London, N16 5TP E-mail: info@chizuk.org.uk Jewish Psychiatric Association (JAMI) People of the Jewish community get morbidly sick We promise to help you. Phone: 020 8458 2223 Address: Martin B Cohen Center, Gould Way, Deans Brook Road, Edgeware HA 8 9GL E-mail: info@jamiuk.org Website: www.jamiuk.org

• Medical professionals should know the role spirituality and religion can play in mental health.

Over the past few decades research on spirituality and mental health has dramatically increased. Despite several methodological criticisms in earlier studies, most literature shows that the relationship between spirituality / religion and mental health is positive 2. With substance abuse, in 12-step promotion therapy used in alcohol abuse, "spiritual awakening" eventually requires substance-dependent persons to function when awaking. It is effective. On the surface, spirituality expressed in various ways has a positive effect on mental health.