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| Authors |
Lisa Rudolfsson Glen Milstein |
|---|---|
| Published in | Mental Health, Religion & Culture |
| Volume | 22(8) |
| Pages | 805-818 |
| ISSN | 1367-4676 |
| Publication year | 2019 |
| Published at |
Gothenburg Research Institute (GRI) |
| Pages | 805-818 |
| Language | en |
| Links |
https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.20... |
| Keywords | Collaboration; continuity ofmental health care; focusgroup study; pastoral care;pilot study; psychotherapy |
| Subject categories | Psychology of religion, Applied Psychology |
People often seek counsel from clergy before they seek help frommental health professionals. There is a need for clergy to have away to make referrals to clinicians, and for clinicians to have afamiliarity with the multiple roles of clergy and religion. Collaborationbetween clinicians and religious congregations provides a way toinitiate and sustain continuities of mental health care. As a pilotstudy for a project on applying the Clergy Outreach and ProfessionalEngagement (COPE) model in Sweden, a focus group with licencedpsychologists and pastoral care givers was conducted. Transcriptwas analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings includeda need for knowledge and a need for collaboration. Barriers forcollaboration concerned ministers’vow of silence and a lack ofresources within primary care and psychiatry. There is a need tofurther discussion regarding confidentiality withinthe Church, and toaddress structural barriers within mental health care
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