Kajian Literatur: Intervensi Religius Islam dan Dampaknya pada Pasien Stroke

Introduction: Stroke becomes the main factor of longterm disability. Changes in physical condition increase the risk of psychological disorders. Indonesian citizen has Islam religion mostly. The study of Islamic religious intervention was few. Religious interventions had been conducted however no review described the Islamic religious interventions and the impacts. This study aimed to describe the intervention of Islamic religious and its impacts among stroke patients. Methods: The research method used scoping review using databases such as Sciendirect, CINAHL, Medline, Taylor & Francis, JSTOR, PubMed, and search engine Google Advance. The criteria for the articles reviewed were articles in English or Indonesian with the SINTA index 1-2, articles published on 2010-2020, articles accessed in full text, method was quasi experiment or randomized control trial, articles were original research. The key words were Islamic spiritual or religious and stroke. Search results obtained five articles that required the inclusion criteria. Results: Review found that memorizing of Al Qur’an, listening Al Qur’an, motivation and prayer, salah prayer and Quranic teaching. Impacts of Islamic spiritual and religious intervention have positive impact in patient’s physiological and psychological such as increased functional communication, independence, improvement of neurological clinical outcome, motoric function, balance, motivation, quality of life, and decreased the anxiety and depression. Conclusion: Islamic spiritual or religious intervention in stroke survivor was the part nursing care that promising improved clinical outcome.

Experiences of the Non-religious in Psychotherapy

This study explores the experiences of non-religious clients in psychotherapy, specifically with regard to unwanted religious interventions. Because individuals who identify as non-religious often experience negative judgments of various kinds, they need a safe and accepting therapeutic environment. In the present study, clients expressed that 36 % of therapists reportedly engaged in either unwanted or unhelpful religious discussion, with 29 % explicitly suggesting a religious intervention for their non-religious clients, such as prayer or attendance at church services. For a small percentage of clients, these suggestions led to premature termination. Implications for professional practice, education, and public policy are suggested.

How Religion Contributes to the Common Good, Positive Criminology, and Justice Reform

This paper argues that religious freedom has consistently been linked to volunteerism and the work of faith-based individuals and organizations in addressing a variety of social problems including crime and delinquency, substance abuse treatment, offender rehabilitation, and prison reentry. Moreover, the emerging subfield of positive criminology is beginning to document the ways in which faith-based efforts are providing more positive and restorative approaches that tend to be effective in reducing crime and promoting prosocial outcomes. Indeed, religious interventions are proving to be some of the most innovative and consequential at a time when jurisdictions are faced with ever-tightening budgets. Moreover, the role of faith-based volunteers and even offender-led religious movements in the process of identity transformation and reform is particularly relevant and timely when there is such a widespread call for evidence-based approaches to justice reform.

COVID-19: spiritual interventions for the living and the dead

ABSTRACT In a recently published correspondence to the editor of this journal, the authors have called for a need to address the risk and dangers of preparing of funeral directors in handling the dead. This paper provides an urgent appeal to the medical community to include the issue of religious or spiritual interventions for the living and the dead. However, a question is raised: what kind and form of spiritual or religious interventions can the religious leaders come up with? The most immediate need is to provide care for those infected by the COVID-19, providing assistance in their healing process and giving spiritual support to the bereaved family members.

Religions in action: the role of interreligious dialogue in the COVID-19 pandemic

Recent correspondence letters to the editor of this journal pointed on the praxis of faith in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The #ChurchinAction presents the role of religious interventions in times of COVID-19. However, a question is raised: how to promote interreligious dialogue in the context of COVID-19 pandemic? To address this question, people of different faiths/religions should come together in promoting the life and dignity of the human person, a sense of community, and participation, respecting the rights and responsibilities of each person, helping the poor and vulnerable sectors of the society, respecting the dignity of work and the rights of the workers, solidarity and caring for the whole creation. In this perspective, interreligious dialogue highlighted the importance of world religions in order to provide a spiritual intervention. The dialogue of life, dialogue of action, dialogue of theological exchange, and dialogue of religious experiences promote interreligious dialogue in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

ChurchInAction: the role of religious interventions in times of COVID-19

In a recently published letter to the editor of this journal, the authors have called for the need to establish psychological support structures that cater to people’s mental health in this time of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. To be more holistic, we extend this call to include people’s spiritual well-being as well. We highlight the initiatives of the Philippines’ religious sector. In particular, we report some of the interventions made by the Roman Catholic Church that have led to the social media hashtag, #ChurchInAction. These religious and spiritual interventions showcase the efforts of the Philippine Church and play an important role in providing assistance in time of public health crisis.

Religion and psychiatry: clinical applications

SUMMARYIn an earlier article we reviewed the latest research on the relationship between religious involvement and mental health, the effects of religiosity on mental health and well-being over time and the impact of religious interventions. Here we focus on clinical applications that may be useful to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. We discuss general clinical applications relevant to all patients (e.g. taking a spiritual history, supporting/encouraging religious beliefs, referring to clergy), violations of clinician–patient boundaries and the need to ensure that religious/spiritual interventions are patient-centred. We describe evidence-based religious interventions and how to identify appropriate patients for this approach. Finally, we explore situations in which religious beliefs and practices may be a problem, not a resource, and make recommendations on how to address such cases. Case vignettes illustrate clinical situations that mental health professionals are likely to encounter. Although the focus is on the North American context, we note how practice and culture in the UK may differ.