Gerard Leavey

The appreciation of the spiritual in mental illness: a qualitative study of beliefs among clergy in the UK.

Transcultural Psychiatry September 1, 2010 Gerard Leavey

Clergy in the UK continue to provide health and social care services. However, collaboration between mental health services and clergy may be problematic, particularly in the resolution of conflicting beliefs and therapeutic modalities. For example, belief in demonic possession and other supernatural causes of mental illness, which are contentious among secular medical practitioners, remain...