Psychiatric treatment of Roman Catholic religious patients: a pilot follow-up study.
The pilot follow-up study reported here was undertaken to determine the treatment outcome of Roman Catholic religious priests, sisters, and brothers treated at The Menninger Clinic during a 10-year period. The authors stress the importance of involvement by the religious community in treatment and follow-up, and of opportunities in treatment to address spiritual and vocational issues. The extremely low response rate requires that the findings be regarded as tentative and as a pilot study for further research. However, the data do suggest some general conclusions for treatment of this population.
Tortorici
J S
JS
Providence College, RI 02918-0001.
Grame
C J
CJ
Coyne
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D002410:Catholicism; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012069:Religion and Psychology