EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY AS THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF NEUROSIS: JUSTIFICATION FOR INTEGRATION OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY INTO MENTAL HEALTHCARE - Prof. Etim E. Okon, Dr. Ekpenyong O. Ekpenyong

 EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY AS THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF NEUROSIS: JUSTIFICATION FOR INTEGRATION OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY INTO MENTAL HEALTHCARE - Prof. Etim E. Okon, Dr. Ekpenyong O. Ekpenyong

 JOURNAL:

ARCHIVE FOR PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND COUNSELING - PSYCHOTHERAPHY, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1, June, 2022

ARTICLE TITLE: 

EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY AS THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF NEUROSIS: JUSTIFICATION FOR INTEGRATION OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY INTO MENTAL HEALTHCARE 

AUTHOR: 

Prof. Etim E. Okon

Department of Religious and Cultural Studies

University of Calabar Calabar, Nigeria

dretimokon55@gmail.com

Dr. Ekpenyong O. Ekpenyong

Department of Religious and Cultural Studies

 University of Calabar Calabar, Nigeria 

+2348134515981

ABSTRACT 

History and clinical experience shows that there are no effective psychological or psychotherapeutic solutions to existential anxiety. Existential problems are inherent in the inner nature of human beings. The most authentic timehonoured therapy for existential anxiety is a personal religious conviction and beliefs. Across the world, religion has played a therapeutic function in solving existential and neurotic anxiety. This study is an advocacy for integration of religion/spirituality into mental healthcare and psychotherapy.

KEYWORDS: Existential Anxiety, Neurosis, Psychosis, Religion/Spirituality, Mental Healthcare

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