Keeping the faith. Religion in the healing of phobic anxiety.
1. Change invariably occurs following a crisis, which enables a new paradigm to be adopted. 2. Religious faith may be one possible paradigm that may be of benefit to patients. 3. Nurses have a responsibility to explore this untapped potential with their patients. 4. A patient with severe phobic anxiety who made a sustained positive response to becoming a Christian is described.
Childs-Clarke
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Psychotherapy Department, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, England.
Sharpe
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D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008602:Mental Healing; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*