RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AS PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TOOLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY - Prof. Etim E. Okon

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AS PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TOOLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY - Prof. Etim E. Okon

 JOURNAL:

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

ARTICLE TITLE: 

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AS PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TOOLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 

AUTHOR: 

Prof. Etim E. Okon

Department of Religious and Cultural Studies

University of Calabar Calabar, Nigeria

dretimokon55@gmail.com

PAGES: 1-13

 ABSTRACT 

Religious beliefs may have positive or negative consequences on mental health depending on the subjective mental state of the religious person. The faith of human beings in religion is as old as humankind itself. For a very long time in human history, all illness was given spiritual etiology and it was the responsibility of priests and shamans to proffer cure. Across the world, priests and physicians were often the same individuals. Psychiatric illnesses were often attributed to possession, and treatment involved herbs, prayers and dietary restrictions. This study investigates the curative powers of Religion/Spirituality in the resolution of mental illness, with an advocacy for its integration into mental healthcare and psychotherapy.

KEYWORDS: Religion, Spirituality, Mental Health and Psychopathology

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