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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Unterrainer, Human-Friedrich
• Eisner, Andreas J
• Pollheimer, Ewald
• Ackermann, Andrea
• Kaufmann, Paul
• Fink, Andreas
• Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter

Titel

Religious/spiritual well-being in mentally ill persons III: first results of a body-centered awareness meditation for in-patient rehabilitation

Ist Teil von

• Neuropsychiatrie, 2014, Vol.28 (3), p.114-120

Ort / Verlag

Germany

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In recent years, positive effects of religiosity and spirituality on mental health can be found as well documented in the literature. However, very few studies have examined the effects of a spiritually based therapeutic intervention among psychiatric patients. For this reason, in this pilot study we examined the effectiveness of a morning body-centered meditation in comparison to a conventional morning walk in regards to subjective well-being and stress coping styles in 44 (26 females) randomly assigned psychiatric in-patients (according to ICD 10). The patients' amount of subjective well-being as well as their coping ability was assessed at the beginning and at the end of a 6 weeks therapy. Thereby we found a significant increase in Religious/Spiritual Well-Being, Awareness and more adequate Coping strategies. This was paralleled by a decrease of psychiatric symptoms. Overall the general assumption of a positive association between spirituality and mental health was affirmed. However, we did not find any differences between the two treatment methods (meditation vs. morning walk). Both interventions showed the same positive efficacy. Based on these initial results, possibilities and boundaries for the integration of religious/spiritual issues into the treatment of psychiatric patients are discussed.