Spirituality and mental health clients.
Spirituality is an important part of human existence but is often overlooked in the conceptualization of the person as a biopsychosocial entity. This article examines spirituality as a concept, relates it to the experience of mental health clients, proposes spiritual assessments and interventions within the role of advanced practice mental health nurses, and discusses the necessity of including spiritual interventions to support healing and wholeness for mental health clients.
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA. oreillym@ummhc.org
Mary Linda
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O'Reilly
D001294:Attitude to Health; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D026443:Spiritual Therapies / Q000592:standards; D029181:Spirituality