ArticleJournal of religion and health2021
Conflicting Advice between Spiritual Leaders, Friends and Family, and Mental Health Providers: Impacts on Mental Health Treatment-Seeking Behaviors.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Spiritual Leadership in Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies and Research Directions.Journal of religion and health · 2026Pooled it
- Pathways to Mental Health Care: The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Help Seeking for Psychosis.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Identifying Systemic Factors when Counseling Black Women of Christian Faith in the USA.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- "His Main Problem Was Not Being in a Relationship With God": Perceptions of Depression, Help-Seeking, and Treatment in Evangelical Christianity.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- From Whence Cometh My Help? Psychological Distress and Help-Seeking in the Evangelical Christian Church.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to examine the effects of advice from religious/spiritual leaders and friends/family of a religious/spiritual person with mental health struggles on treatment-seeking. A survey was administered to adult patients of a university-affiliated psychiatric clinic in the Midwest. Participants whose friends/family members' advice conflicted with their psychiatrist's advice were six times more likely to delay seeking mental health treatment (OR: 6.09, 95% CI: 1.37, 27.01). Conflict between religious/spiritual leader's advice and psychiatrist's advice had a significant effect on delay in seeking mental health treatment (OR: 11.73, 95% CI: 2.21, 62.14), with an average delay of just over two years.
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