WPA Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry

Alexander Moreira-Almeida^{1

2}, Avdesh Sharma^{1

3}, Bernard Janse van Rensburg^{1

4}, Peter J Verhagen^{1

5}, Christopher C H Cook^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.
² Research Center in Spirituality and Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
³ 'Parivartan' Center for Mental Health, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ GGZ Centraal, Harderwijk, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, Durham, UK.

PMID: 26833620
PMCID: PMC4780301
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20304

WPA Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry

Alexander Moreira-Almeida et al. World Psychiatry. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;15(1):87-8.

doi: 10.1002/wps.20304.

Authors

Alexander Moreira-Almeida^{1

2}, Avdesh Sharma^{1

3}, Bernard Janse van Rensburg^{1

4}, Peter J Verhagen^{1

5}, Christopher C H Cook^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry.
² Research Center in Spirituality and Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
³ 'Parivartan' Center for Mental Health, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ GGZ Centraal, Harderwijk, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, Durham, UK.

PMID: 26833620
PMCID: PMC4780301
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20304

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