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Attitudes About Mental Illness Among Seminary Students: a Qualitative Analysis.
- Source :
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Journal of Religion & Health . Oct2020, Vol. 59 Issue 5, p2595-2610. 16p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Tragically, a majority of people with mental illness never seek treatment; however, people may be more likely to seek help from religious clergy than from mental health professionals. In the current study, 25 Protestant seminary students were interviewed. The majority of students considered there to be biological, spiritual, and environmental causes of mental illness and favored psychological, medication, or spiritual treatments. Some participants reported stigma of mental illness, including avoidance and "dangerous" stereotypes. Religious clergy are frontline mental health providers, and their attitudes about mental illness are critical in reducing stigma and increasing treatment seeking among people with mental illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MENTAL illness treatment
*ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents
*AVOIDANCE (Psychology)
*BIOLOGY
*CHRISTIANITY
*CLERGY
*COLLEGE students
*ECOLOGY
*INTERVIEWING
*MENTAL illness
*PSYCHOTHERAPY
*SPIRITUALITY
*STEREOTYPES
*SOCIAL stigma
*STUDENT attitudes
*QUALITATIVE research
*SOCIAL support
*SPIRITUAL care (Medical care)
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*ATTITUDES toward mental illness
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224197
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Religion & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145975691
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01045-0