title: Religious professionals and institutions: untapped resources for clinical care.
abstract: In the vast majority of situations, religious professionals and institutions are competent, caring, and respectful of child and adolescent psychiatrists and mental health workers and welcome the opportunity to collaborate to meet the religious/spiritual, medical, physical, and emotional needs of children, adolescents, and families. Clinicians are well advised to familiarize themselves with the religious professionals, institutions, and resources in the geographic areas in which they practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, 111 Michigan Avenue, Northwest, Washington, DC 20010, USA. dellml@comcast.net
authors.forename: Mary Lynn
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital; D002648:Child; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012072:Religious Philosophies; D029181:Spirituality