Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Catholic Clerics’ Regarding Mental Health in Lebanon
| العنوان: | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Catholic Clerics’ Regarding Mental Health in Lebanon |
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| المؤلفون: | Hala Kerbage, Christina Aramouny, Sami Richa, Nathalie Richa, Paul Rouhana |
| المصدر: | Journal of Religion and Health. 59:257-276 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, medicine.medical_specialty, Arabic, Causes of mental disorders, Social Stigma, 050109 social psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Humans, Effective treatment, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, 030212 general & internal medicine, Lebanon, Psychiatry, General Nursing, Aged, Mental Disorders, Public health, 05 social sciences, Catholicism, Religious studies, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Mental illness, medicine.disease, Mental health, language.human_language, Outreach, Cross-Sectional Studies, Mental Health, language, Clergy, Psychology |
| الوصف: | Arabic speakers rarely seek the help of professional mental health providers while they heavily rely on religious leaders. However, little is known about the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of clerics regarding mental illness. A standardized questionnaire was administered to 115 Christian religious men. Clerics appeared to have an informed, scientifically based understanding of the causes of mental disorders and of the importance of medications in effective treatment. However, several stigmatizing attitudes were identified. Contact with the patients significantly reduced the discrimination. Fear of the unpredictable highlights the need to develop and implement targeted approaches that outreach clergy. |
| تدمد: | 1573-6571 0022-4197 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::eb9b562e6bf2790d1a8f323140eb6fa0 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00758-1 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....eb9b562e6bf2790d1a8f323140eb6fa0 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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