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Spirituality & Faith
Evidence & Policy
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Breathing Space
Article from the January 2006 edition of Community Care, illustrating how spirituality can be applied to mental health casework.
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Mind and Soul
Website with a wide set of resources for Christians and Churches about mental health issues.
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Feeling Like This
A website supporting Chris William's book for Christians with anxiety and depression: A Christian Approach to Depression. There is a supported discussion room and lots of online resources.
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This Code has been endorsed by all three of the UK professional bodies for health care chaplains. It represents a major step forward in the development of the profession, and provides a basis for greater confidence in the care given.
Together it has commended it to patients, staff and chaplains as a document of reference for the best practice of contemporary health care chaplaincy.
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Addicted To Faith!
Presentation by FaithNet's Qaisra Khan for the Bexley Multi-faith Forum in January 2008.
The seminar was on Alcohol/Drug Abuse/Smoking/Gambling and other addictions and was funded by the police.
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The aim of the Project was to collate current thinking on the importance of spirituality in Mental Health on an individual and group basis, to evaluate the role of Faith Communities in the field of Mental Health and to develop and promote good practice in Whole Persons Approaches . The project was developed and led by Professor Peter Gilbert for the National Institute for mental health and The Care Services Improvement.
One of the ways this was done was through pilot sites in each of the eight NIMHE regions. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust was a pilot site. The attached includes a report at the end of the project.
This Project ran from September 2001, but from November 2003 it was made into a Partnership Project with the Mental Health Foundation.
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A Christian Approach to Depression
Part of a series of books,the 'Overcoming Depression and Anxiety books' that explain CBT, giving an overview without any jargon and in an easy-to-follow format. They also have websites to aid clinicians through using and understanding the materials, see the link attached.
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The Special Interest Group was founded in 1999 to provide a forum for psychiatrists to explore the influence of the major religions, which shape the cultural values and aspirations of psychiatrist and patient alike.
The spiritual aspirations of persons not identifying with any one particular faith are held to be of no less importance, as well as the viewpoint of those who hold that spirituality is independent of religion. The meetings are designed to enable colleagues to investigate and share without fear of censure the relevance of spirituality to clinical practice.
The Special Interest Group aims to contribute a framework of ideas of general interest to the College, stimulating discussion and promoting an integrative approach to mental health care. For patients, there is the need to help the service user feel supported in being able to bring spiritual concerns to the fore.
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Publication from the Mental Health Foundation, this report explores the impact that some expressions of spirituality can have as part of an integrative approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing.
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