Publisher's Synopsis
It is essential to pay attention to the religious and spiritualside of clients' experiences in order to create mental healthservices that are holistic and genuinely responsive to clients'needs. Drawing on first-hand accounts of consumers as well as oncurrent research, this volume of New Directions for Mental HealthServices illustrates the ways that spirituality--whether definedtraditionally or in the broadest holistic sense--can be an activepart of recovery.
The authors describe innovative collaborations among faithcommunities, mental health organizations and agencies, and peoplewith mental illness--and offer specific guidelines for developingsuch relationships more fully. They also review existing researchthat demonstrates a positive connection between spirituality andwell-being and suggest future directions for increasing theintegration of spirituality into mental health services.
This is the 80th issue of the quarterly journal NewDirections for Mental Health Services.
