Church: An Overlooked Mental-Health Resource

In a multi-perspective survey of mental-health consumer needs, 50% of the stakeholders in the Alaska mental-health system identified "participation in church or religious activities" as important. However, the publicly supported mental-health service system has a tradition of rarely using...

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Main Author: Hammaker, Robert G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1998]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 1998, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-44
Further subjects:B Traditional Avoidance
B Potential Resource
B Psychiatric Rehabilitation
B Religious Activity
B Service System
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:In a multi-perspective survey of mental-health consumer needs, 50% of the stakeholders in the Alaska mental-health system identified "participation in church or religious activities" as important. However, the publicly supported mental-health service system has a tradition of rarely using church-based resources for its clients. In today's climate of diminishing government, this may be the time for publicly supported mental-health and other social-service providers to rethink their traditional avoidance of church and religious activities. For many consumers, church and religious activities may be a considerable potential resource within the continuum of resources needed for psychiatric rehabilitation.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1022909016746