Spiritualism
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Correlations between spiritual beliefs and health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in Taiwan.

29 Jun 2009 This study evaluated the correlations between spiritual beliefs and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of hemodialysis (HD) patients in Taiwan. Participants had to complete two questionnaires: the 36-item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire ... Read more...

The nightmares of Puerto Ricans: an embodied 'altered states of consciousness' perspective.

30 May 2009 This article examines nightmare narratives collected as part of a person-centered ethnographic study of altered states of consciousness (ASCs) and supernaturalism in a mainland Puerto Rican community in the late 1990s. Utilizing a descriptive ... Read more...

Recognition and treatment of psychotic symptoms: spiritists compared to mental health professionals in Puerto Rico and Brazil.

30 Dec 2008 This article expands psychosocial and cultural perspectives on the experience and expression of psychotic symptoms and the treatment of schizophrenia by exploring how Spiritism, a popular religion in Latin America, provides healing to persons with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Spiritualism'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Correlations between spiritual beliefs and health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in Taiwan. 29 Jun 2009
• The nightmares of Puerto Ricans: an embodied 'altered states of consciousness' perspective. 30 May 2009
• Silas Weir Mitchell's The Case of George Dedlow. 16 Apr 2009
• Recognition and treatment of psychotic symptoms: spiritists compared to mental health professionals in Puerto Rico and Brazil. 30 Dec 2008
• Negotiating clinically workable solutions across cultures: lessons learned. 29 Nov 2008
• A longitudinal study on the role of spirituality in response to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. 2 Nov 2008
• Religious affiliation and psychiatric morbidity in Brazil: higher rates among evangelicals and spiritists. 30 Oct 2008
• Exploring aboriginal views of health using fuzzy cognitive maps and transitive closure. A case study of the determinants of diabetes. 30 Aug 2008
• Traditional healers and epilepsy treatment on the Kenyan coast. 30 Aug 2008
• Spirituality in medicine. 30 Aug 2008
• [Reflections on spiritual management in the nursing profession] 30 Jul 2008
• The paranormal mind: how the study of anomalous experiences and beliefs may inform cognitive neuroscience. 3 Jun 2008
• [Relationships of self-reported physical health, sociability, and spiritual life with mental health: an investigation according to gender and life stage] 29 Apr 2008
• Comparison of brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder. 29 Apr 2008
• Spirit-body healing II: a nursing intervention model for spiritual/creative healing. 29 Apr 2008
• Darwin-Wallace principle of natural selection. 29 Apr 2008
• The culture of condoms: culturally grounded variables and their association with attitudes to condoms. 21 Apr 2008
• Possession states in Northern Sri Lanka. 9 Apr 2008
• [The importance of spiritual well-being for cancer patients' quality of life] Mar 2008
• Adherence to depression treatment in older adults: a narrative review. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Spiritualism'

Definition: Religious philosophy expressing the fundamental belief that departed spirits may be contacted by the living through a medium.

Descriptor UI: D013140

Alternative terms: Spiritualism;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; psychology;

Tree Number: K01.844.799.679;

Technical Notes: IM; specify geog if pertinent; do not confuse with SPIRITUAL HEALING see MENTAL HEALING