Arndt Büssing

Based on information gathered from the internationally used Spiritual Needs Questionnaire, this book offers analyses of the spiritual and existential needs among different groups of people such as the chronically ill, elderly, adolescents, mothers of sick children, refugees, patients' relatives, and others. The theoretical background, specific empirical findings and the relevance of addressing spiritual needs is discussed by experts from different professions and cultural contexts. Supporting a person's spiritual needs remains an important task of future healthcare systems that wish to more comprehensively care for the healthcare needs of patients, and of religious communities to ensure that spiritual concerns of all persons, independent of their religious orientations, are met in and outside healthcare settings.

The Spiritual Needs Questionnaire as a Global Resource for Health and Social Care

Spiritual Needs in Research and Practice

Harold G. Koenig

Donna Ames

This eBook focuses on a relatively new frontier in psychiatry, the topic of “moral injury” (MI), which is examined here in the setting of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Veterans and Active Duty Military. We define MI, describe how to identify it by screening, explain the impact that MI has on mental health outcomes (particularly PTSD and mental health problems often associated with PTSD), and provide information on what clinicians can do about it. While the focus here is on Veterans and Active Duty Military, MI is much more widespread than just among former or current military personnel. Healthcare professionals, first responders, clergy, and many patients seeking mental health care are also likely suffering from MI, which is not recognized or treated because clinicians are not familiar with it. Burnout among health professionals and those engaged in other high-stress occupations may often have MI as an underlying condition that is driving the burnout or related emotional condition. Therefore, psychiatrists and all mental health professionals must know about this syndrome, utilize the tools now available to identify it, and learn about interventions that can be employed to treat it. Success in treating many of the common mental health conditions that appear resistant to treatment may depend on knowing about this new (yet very old) syndrome.

Moral Injury in Veterans and Active Duty Military with PTSD

Thomas Dienberg

Wenn Gott sich entzieht Viele Menschen machen in ihrem Glaubensleben die Erfahrung, dass Gott ganz anders ist als gedacht, dass ihre Gebete scheinbar nicht erhört werden und Gott sich ihnen trotz aller Sehnsucht nach Nähe entzieht. Das Themenfeld der Dunklen Nacht und der Geistlichen Trockenheit im Glaubensleben wird in diesem Buch von unterschiedlichen Autorinnen und Autoren sowohl aus theologischer als auch aus psychologischer und ärztlicher Sicht beleuchtet. Welche Erfahrungen haben andere mit diesem Erleben gemacht, wie sind diese damit umgegangen? Welche Strategien im Umgang haben sich bewährt? Welche Formen der Unterstützung könnte es geben? Diese und andere Fragen stehen im Mittelpunkt dieses Buches. Phasen geistlicher Trockenheit sind ein individuelles Erleben, das individueller Antworten und Einsichten bedarf, die man nur selber auf seinem Glaubensweg finden kann.

Vom Umgang mit der geistlichen Trockenheit

Gottes Unverfügbarkeit und die Dunkle Nacht

René Hefti

Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Clinical Practice.

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Integrating Religion and Spirituality Into Clinical Practice

The interest in the topic of spirituality as a more or less independent dimension of quality of life is continuously growing, and research questions are beginning to change as the field of religiosity changes, becoming more diverse and pluralistic. Addressing new topics in health research also relies on standardized questionnaires. The number of instruments intended to measure specific aspects of spirituality is growing, and it is particularly difficult to evaluate the new instruments. This Special Issue will focus on some of the established instruments (updating them to different languages and cultures), but will also describe the features and intentions of newly-developed instruments, which may potentially be used in larger studies to develop knowledge relevant to spiritual care and practice. This Special Issue will serve as a resource on the instruments used to study the wide range of organized religiosity, the individual experience of the divine, and an open approach in the search for meaning and purpose in life.

Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity (2018)

Why do we need more questionnaires to measure aspects of spirituality/religiosity when we already have so many well-tried instruments in use? One answer is that research in this field is growing and that new research questions continuously do arise. Several of these new questions cannot be easily answered with the instruments designed for previous questions. The field is expanding and, consequently, the research topics. Meanwhile several multidimensional instruments were developed which cover existential, prosocial, religious and non-religious forms of spirituality, hope, peace and trust—and several more. The ‘disadvantage’ of these instruments is the fact that some are conceptually broad and often rather unspecific, but they might be suited quite well for culturally and spiritually diverse populations when the intention is to compare such diverse groups. This is the reason why more research on new instruments is needed as can be found in this Special Issue, and to stimulate a critical debate about their pros and cons.

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