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The mental health benefit of religion and spirituality in people living with bipolar disorder in Malaysia

The taxonomy of spirituality is fraught with complexities in relation to mental health studies due to contextual vari- ables such as with and without religion. While many studies concerning spirituality reported positive mental health outcomes, little is known from the context of bipolar disorder. T...

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Main Author: Mohamad Shariff, Nurasikin
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM 2021
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spelling my.iium.irep.1025722023-01-11T08:16:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/102572/ The mental health benefit of religion and spirituality in people living with bipolar disorder in Malaysia Mohamad Shariff, Nurasikin R Medicine (General) The taxonomy of spirituality is fraught with complexities in relation to mental health studies due to contextual vari- ables such as with and without religion. While many studies concerning spirituality reported positive mental health outcomes, little is known from the context of bipolar disorder. This study aimed to provide a contextual understand- ing of spirituality from the religious worldview of people with bipolar disorder. This is a qualitative study involving semi-structured and one-to-one in-depth interview. A total of 25 participants diagnosed with bipolar disorder recruit- ed from two psychiatric outpatients. All interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim by the researcher. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data, and Bourdieu’s concept of habitus explored the findings in relation to participants’ subjective account on their religious form of spirituality. The theme ‘Maintaining a positive sense of self’ mainly consists of the religious element in the participants’ everyday life: faith in God, religious practices and a sense of spiritual harmony (i.e. peacefulness and connectedness). The role of religion and social agency were inclusive in promoting the spirituality of the study sample. Through Bourdieu’s lens of religious habitus, this study provides the understanding of religious-spirituality and a healthy mental state in such a way that it implies a relationship with God through religious beliefs and practices. This study invites others to pay attention on the dynamic role of religious agency and society in promoting religious faith and practices to individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM 2021-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/102572/1/102572_The%20mental%20health%20benefit%20of%20religion%20and%20spirituality.pdf Mohamad Shariff, Nurasikin (2021) The mental health benefit of religion and spirituality in people living with bipolar disorder in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17 (5 (Supp)). p. 75. ISSN 1675-8544 E-ISSN 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_17_2021/mjmhs_vol17_supp_5_august_2021-62593
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The mental health benefit of religion and spirituality in people living with bipolar disorder in Malaysia
description The taxonomy of spirituality is fraught with complexities in relation to mental health studies due to contextual vari- ables such as with and without religion. While many studies concerning spirituality reported positive mental health outcomes, little is known from the context of bipolar disorder. This study aimed to provide a contextual understand- ing of spirituality from the religious worldview of people with bipolar disorder. This is a qualitative study involving semi-structured and one-to-one in-depth interview. A total of 25 participants diagnosed with bipolar disorder recruit- ed from two psychiatric outpatients. All interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim by the researcher. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data, and Bourdieu’s concept of habitus explored the findings in relation to participants’ subjective account on their religious form of spirituality. The theme ‘Maintaining a positive sense of self’ mainly consists of the religious element in the participants’ everyday life: faith in God, religious practices and a sense of spiritual harmony (i.e. peacefulness and connectedness). The role of religion and social agency were inclusive in promoting the spirituality of the study sample. Through Bourdieu’s lens of religious habitus, this study provides the understanding of religious-spirituality and a healthy mental state in such a way that it implies a relationship with God through religious beliefs and practices. This study invites others to pay attention on the dynamic role of religious agency and society in promoting religious faith and practices to individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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title The mental health benefit of religion and spirituality in people living with bipolar disorder in Malaysia
title_short The mental health benefit of religion and spirituality in people living with bipolar disorder in Malaysia
title_full The mental health benefit of religion and spirituality in people living with bipolar disorder in Malaysia
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