Spirituality helps lessen arthritic pain
Dr. Francis J. Keefe of Duke University Medical School in Durham, North Carolina and colleagues have published a paper in April issue of the Journal of pain. Patients who use religion or spirituality to cope with the chronic pain of rheumatoid arthritis can reduce their pain and boost their sense of well being, the researchers say. Dr. Francis says, "One might expect that people coping w...Drug Addiction Recovery Buffered by Spirituality
Scientists from National Development and Research Institutes, Inc (NDRI) in New York City and Chestnut Health System in Bloomington, Illinois explored the role// of social supports, spirituality, religiousness, life meaning, and 12-step participation in the process of recovery from addiction. The study reveals markedly improved life satisfaction as recovery progresses as well as a decrease in str...Negative religious 'Spirituality' related to depression in physicians
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers revealed that residents who have negative religious and spiritual characteristics have higher risk for depressive symptoms.// The study was done by collection of data through surveys which said that the risk for significant depressive symptoms was greater among respondents who reported negative religious coping mechanisms, poorer spiritual well...Spirituality Increases as Alcoholics Recover
For decades, recovering alcoholics and those who treat them have incorporated spirituality into the recovery process. But few research studies have documented// if and how spirituality changes during recovery, or how those changes might influence a person’s chance of succeeding in the quest for sobriety. Now, a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Addiction Researc...