Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project

Spirituality Groups in Serious Mental Illness

Authors: Nancy Kehoe, RSCJ, PhD

Abstract

For 25 years I have led spirituality focused groups for men and women who suffer with serious mental illness.1 In this issue, David Lukoff2refers to a quiet revolution that is taking place; a new development in such work. When I began working with these groups, the idea was novel and seen as threatening to mental health providers. The groups that I lead are conducted in a psychiatric day-treatment program. For six years, I conducted similar groups at a state mental hospital and have trained staff in other psychiatric facilities in various parts of the country to facilitate similar groups.

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References

1. Kehoe N. A therapy group on spiritual issues for patients with chronic mental illness. Psychiatr Serv 1999;50:1081–1083.
 
2. Lukoff D. Spirituality in the recovery from persistent mental disorders. South Med J 2007;100:643–647.