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ReviewJournal of religion and health2025

Finding Meaning in Psychiatric Recovery: A Literature Review of Approaches to Meaning in Life Within Mental Healthcare.

A B M Hallo-van Bekkum, D W Strijbos, C Schuhmann, A W Braam

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A B M Hallo-van BekkumDimence Groep, Mental Healthcare Foundation, Department of Chaplaincy, Deventer, The Netherlands. b.hallo@dimence.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5476-6261
D W StrijbosDimence Groep, Mental Healthcare Foundation, Department of Chaplaincy, Deventer, The Netherlands.
C SchuhmannDepartment of Humanist Chaplaincy Studies for a Plural Society, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
A W BraamDepartment of Humanist Chaplaincy Studies for a Plural Society, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1460-6201

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meaning in life (MiL) is a key facilitator of recovery from severe mental illness (SMI), yet its conceptualization in mental health care remains ambiguous. Through an integrative literature review, this study first identified a range of MiL aspects in mental healthcare for people with SMI. Thirty-one studies were selected and analysed, in which 32 aspects emerged. Secondly, an analysis of the theoretical background of the selected studies yielded four disciplinary perspectives from which MiL was conceptualized. Future MiL studies might benefit from specifying and including common (or less common) MiL aspects, such as purpose, relationships, spirituality, identity, coherence, and well-being.

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Mental DisordersMental Health ServicesHumansSpiritualityChaplaincyMeaning in lifePsychiatric recoverySerious mental illness

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PMID40745238
PMCPMC12764668

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