Mental and Physical Health and Spiritual Healing: An Evaluation of Complementary Religious Therapies Provided by Spiritist Centers in the City of So Paulo, Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorGranero Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas
dc.contributor.authorLucchetti, Giancarlo
dc.contributor.authorLeao, Frederico Camelo
dc.contributor.authorPrieto Peres, Mario Fernando [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorVallada, Homero
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-22T15:46:53Z
dc.date.available2019-07-22T15:46:53Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe present study aims to describe the characteristics of the complementary religious treatment conducted by Spiritist centers in the city of So Paulo (Brazil), to understand how physical and mental health problems are addressed and how the directors of these centers differentiate between persons with spiritual experiences from those with psychiatric disorders. From 365 Spiritist centers, which received the questionnaire, 55 (15.1 %) were included in the final analysis. There were on average 261 people per week attending spiritual sessions in each center, totalizing approximately 15,000 attendees per week in all 55 centers. The most common treatment performed in these centers was disobsession (Spirit release therapy) (92.7 %)en
dc.description.abstractthe least common was the 'spiritual surgery', present in only 5.5 %. The most frequent health problems reported by attendees were depression (45.1 %), cancer (43.1 %) and diseases in general (33.3 %). Concerning the directors' awareness to differentiate between spiritual experiences and psychiatric disorders, we found some remarkable divergent opinions. In conclusion, the Spiritist centers are an important health related support system for the city of So Paulo, responsible for a significant share of the city's total health consultations. The most common conditions the patients suffer from were depression and cancer.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Juiz de Fora, Dept Med, Ave Eugenio do Nascimento S-N Dom Bosco, BR-36038330 Juiz De Fora, MG, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Sao Paulo, Dept Psychiat, Sch Med, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Neurol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Neurol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.description.sponsorshipInstituto Bairral, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.format.extent404-421
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11013-015-9478-z
dc.identifier.citationCulture Medicine And Psychiatry. Dordrecht, v. 40, n. 3, p. 404-421, 2016.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11013-015-9478-z
dc.identifier.issn0165-005X
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/51148
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000379985700005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectComplementary therapiesen
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.subjectSpiritual therapiesen
dc.subjectReligion and medicineen
dc.subjectSpiritismen
dc.titleMental and Physical Health and Spiritual Healing: An Evaluation of Complementary Religious Therapies Provided by Spiritist Centers in the City of So Paulo, Brazilen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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