Sleep-an essential pillar of health-has historically been considered not only a biological phenomenon but also based on experiences interpreted through spiritual, moral, existential, and cultural frameworks worldwide [1-5].Across societies, dreams, nightmares, sleep paralysis, and nocturnal visions have frequently been attributed to soul journeys, spirits, precognitions, moral conflict,...
Prior research highlights the importance of spirituality/religion (S/R) as it relates to several aspects of mental health and clinical interventions. This research has been expanded to include the concurrent examination of neurobiological correlates of S/R to elucidate potential biological mechanisms. However, the majority of neurobiological research on S/R has neglected mental health, and the...
PsychotherapySeptember 1, 2022David H Rosmarin, Steven Pirutinsky, Eleanor M Schuttenberg et al.4 citations
Previous research suggests that patients receiving spiritual psychotherapy may have better outcomes when treatment is provided by nonreligious clinicians, compared to religious clinicians. We examined these effects within a large and clinically heterogeneous sample of patients (N = 1,443) receiving Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential, and Intensive Treatment (SPIRIT; Rosmarin et...