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Programming Provided by Religious Congregations in the United States to Address Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder

verfasst von: Anna Holleman

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 1/2024

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Abstract

Mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, are one of the most commonly occurring yet least commonly treated health ailments in the United States. Religious congregations serve as important providers of mental health services, as they can fill this gap with accessible care. This study provides an up-to-date accounting of mental health service provision by religious congregations, using a nationally representative survey of U.S. congregations collected in 2012 and 2018–19. Half of all congregations in the U.S. provided a program or service targeting mental illness or substance use disorder in 2018-19, and rates of provision increased among Christian congregations between 2012 and 2018–19.

Mental health disorders and substance use disorders are not exclusive categorizations of diagnoses. Because The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, (American Psychiatric Association (2013)) includes substance use disorders as a mental health disorder, this manuscript refers to “mental health disorders” to encompass both substance use disorders and other mental health disorders, unless specified explicitly.

Including substance use disorder under the umbrella of mental health is in accordance with past research on the congregational provision of mental health programming (Frenk 2014), as well as The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (American Psychiatric Association (2013)).

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Titel: Programming Provided by Religious Congregations in the United States to Address Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder
verfasst von: Anna Holleman
Publikationsdatum: 06.04.2023
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 1/2024
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01804-9

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