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Spiritual Therapies

Known as: Spiritual Therapy, Therapies, Spiritual 
Mystical, religious, or spiritual practices performed for health benefit.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Individual meaning‐centered psychotherapy for the treatment of psychological and existential distress: A randomized controlled trial in patients with advanced cancer
Patients with advanced cancer have high rates of psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and spiritual despair… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Spiritual Therapy to Improve the Spiritual Well-Being of Iranian Women with Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Purpose. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of spiritual therapy intervention in improving the spiritual well… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Twenty-five years later—what do we know about religion/spirituality and psychological well-being among breast cancer survivors? A systematic review
IntroductionA diagnosis of cancer is a life-changing event for most people. The trauma and uncertainties of a breast cancer… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
The multidimensionality of spiritual wellbeing: peace, meaning, and faith and their association with quality of life and coping in oncology
This study explored associations between the recently proposed three‐factor structure of the 12‐item Functional Assessment of… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The Brief RCOPE: Current psychometric status of a short measure of religious coping.
The Brief RCOPE is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors. As the most commonly used measure of… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Spiritual Struggles and Psychological Distress: Is There a Dark Side of Religion?
A growing literature examines the correlates and sequelae of spiritual struggles. Particular attention has been focused on three… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Screening for Spiritual Struggle
A growing body of research documents the harmful effects of religious or spiritual struggle among patients with a wide variety of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Bmc Complementary and Alternative Medicine Frequency of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Utilization in Hypertensive Patients Attending an Urban Tertiary Care Centre in Nigeria
Background: To study the frequency and pattern of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients with essential… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Measuring Spirituality and Spiritual Emptiness: Toward Ecumenicity and Transcultural Applicability
The authors review Eastern and Western conceptions of spirituality, explicate the spirituality construct and differentiate it… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Spiritual leadership and army transformation: Theory, measurement, and establishing a baseline
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