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| Published: September 23, 2024
Spirituality and Religion Promoting Mental Health: An Overview
Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.244.20241203
DOI: 10.25215/1203.244
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This article highlights the role of Buddhist practices in contemporary society as a way to overcome urban stress. It talks about Nichiren Daishonin’s chanting and also highlights the Buddhist Meditative practices to reduce depressive symptoms and to enhance virtues of compassion and wisdom. It further discusses spirituality as related with sound well-being and better mental health. The Health Care Professionals are also providing spiritual assistance strategies along with the psychological and religious intervention strategies to improve mental health. The review of literature on spirituality elucidates that mental health and life satisfaction increases with the help of spiritual practices.
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© 2024, Dhillon, R.
Received: May 20, 2024; Revision Received: September 20, 2024; Accepted: September 23, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.244.20241203
10.25215/1203.244
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September, 2024