Religious psychotherapy as management of bereavement

1995/04/01 by M. Z. Azhar, M Z Azhar, S. L. Varma · 4 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · Health Professions · #Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology #Homelessness and Social Issues

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09774.x

Abstract

This study was aimed at determining the effect of psychotherapy in patients in bereavement. Fifteen patients in a control group were given brief psychotherapy and 15 study group patients received psychotherapy with a religious perspective. The patients in the study group showed consistently significant improvements as compared with the control group at the end of 6 months. The results indicate that highly religious patients with grief and bereavement tend to improve faster when a religious psychotherapy is added to a cognitive-behaviour approach.

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