Toward a Holistic Approach to Spiritual Health Care for People With Schizophrenia.

Holist Nurs Pract

Centre on Behavioral Health (Dr Ho and Mr Wan) and Department of Social Work and Social Administration (Dr Ho, Mr Wan, and Ms Chan), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Published: February 2017

Medical and behavioral treatments are the predominant types of rehabilitation services for people with schizophrenia. Spirituality in people with schizophrenia remains poorly conceptualized, thereby limiting knowledge advancement in the area of spiritual health care services. To provide a framework for better clinical and research practices, we advocate a holistic approach to investigating spirituality and its application in spiritual health care services of people with schizophrenia.

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