Religion and Spirituality in Cancer Care
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - April 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Forgiveness, spirituality and love: thematic analysis of last statements from Death Row, Texas (2002-2017) - Foley SR, Kelly BD.
BACKGROUND: Psychological features associated with execution are not fully understood. AIMS: To analyse demographics of individuals executed in Texas and investigate whether there has been any change in common themes and psychological factors evident in la...
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

"God put weed here for us to smoke": a mixed methods study of religion and spirituality among adolescents with cannabis use disorders - Yeterian JD, Bursik K, Kelly JF.
BACKGROUND: A growing literature on adults with substance use disorders (SUD) suggests that religious and spiritual processes can support recovery, such that higher levels of religiosity and/or spirituality predict better substance use outcomes. However, s...
Source: SafetyLit - March 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Exploring the role of spirituality in coping with war trauma among war veterans in Zimbabwe - Mutambara J, Sodi T.
Spirituality affects people's well-being and can be used to cope with traumatic experiences. The present study explored the role of spirituality in coping with war-related trauma among war veterans who fought in the Zimbabwean war of liberation between 196...
Source: SafetyLit - March 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

You Asked: Do Religious People Live Longer?
If a long life is what you’re after, going to church may be the answer to your prayers. A number of studies have shown associations between attending religious services and living a long time. One of the most comprehensive, published in JAMA Internal Medicine in 2016, found that women who went to any kind of religious service more than once a week had a 33% lower chance than their secular peers of dying during the 16-year study-follow-up period. Another study, published last year in PLOS One, found that regular service attendance was linked to reductions in the body’s stress responses and even in mortality̵...
Source: TIME: Health - February 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthytime Longevity Source Type: news

Suicidal ideation and sense of community in faith communities - Mason K, Martin WB, Kim E.
Previous studies have found that religion and spirituality (R/S) are related to less suicidal ideation (SI), fewer suicide attempts and fewer suicide deaths and that an absence of social support is associated with SI, suicide attempts, and suicide death. 7...
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Social Etiologies and Disparities Source Type: news

Spirituality as a protective health asset for young people: an international comparative analysis from three countries - Brooks F, Michaelson V, King N, Inchley J, Pickett W.
OBJECTIVES: Spirituality has been proposed as a potential health asset a 'developmental engine' that works by fostering the search for connectedness, meaning and purpose. The aim is to examine to what extent spiritual health might be protective of young pe...
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Defining the Changing Nature of Wisdom at the End of Life
Researchers create consensus definition of wisdom as a complex trait with several inter-related components, such as compassion, emotional regulation, spirituality and tolerance
Source: Disabled World - January 25, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: End-of-Life - Palliative Care Source Type: news

YSPH ’s Debbie Humphries on the intersection of faith and public health
Humphries, a clinical instructor in epidemiology, discusses her new book, “Seeds that Change the World — Essays on Quakerism, Spirituality, Faith and Culture.”
Source: Yale Science and Health News - January 24, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

The impact of sexual abuse, family violence/conflict, spirituality, and religion on anger and depressed mood among adolescents - Sigurvinsdottir R, Asgeirsdottir BB, Ullman SE, Sigfusdottir ID.
Stressful life experiences, such as sexual abuse and family violence/conflict, relate to an increased risk of mental health problems. Religion and spirituality may prevent this negative impact, but religion and spirituality are lower among survivors of str...
Source: SafetyLit - January 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Longitudinal differences in spirituality and religiousness between men and women in treatment for alcohol use disorders - Krentzman AR.
This study compares men and women with alcohol use disorders on levels and trajectories of spirituality and religiousness over 30 months while controlling for critical covariates. Men (n=92) and women (n=65) entering abstinence-based treatment were assesse...
Source: SafetyLit - December 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Health and spirituality values influence attendance for pelvic-floor dysfunction treatment
(Swansea University) New research from psychologists and health professionals in Swansea has found that the types of life values that patients hold affect their attendance at medical treatment for pelvic-floor dysfunction, a condition affecting over 25 percent of all women in the UK.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Spirituality/religiosity's influence on college students' adjustment to bereavement: a systematic review - Hai AH, Currin-McCulloch J, Franklin C, Cole AH.
Bereavement is prevalent among college students and spirituality/religiosity may play an important role in their bereavement adjustment. This is the first systematic review to investigate spirituality/religiosity's relationship with bereavement among colle...
Source: SafetyLit - December 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Why is spirituality correlated with life satisfaction? | Daniel Jos é Camacho
Spirituality, in its purest form, is not an escape from the world but a richer engagement with itSpirituality enables people to see more within the world and within others. It ’s no surprise that this leads to a greater sense of fulfillment. A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute has found that higher levels of spirituality are strongly correlated with higher life satisfaction.As a person of faith, my experience with organized religion has ebbed and flowed throughout my life. Yet, I have always appreciated how spiritualities across a variety of traditions animate expansive visions and compassionate ethi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 12, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Daniel Jos é Camacho Tags: Religion Science Psychology Source Type: news

Spirituality and mental well-being in combat veterans: a systematic review - Smith-MacDonald L, Norris JM, Raffin-Bouchal S, Sinclair S.
BACKGROUND: Many veterans experience significant compromised spiritual and mental well-being. Despite effective and evidence-based treatments, veterans continue to experience poor completion rates and suboptimal therapeutic effects. Spirituality, whether e...
Source: SafetyLit - November 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

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