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Boateng ACO, Webster J, Richmond TS. Spiritual coping behaviors among injured urban black men in Philadelphia. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2023; 46:91-97. [PMID: 37813511 PMCID: PMC10562640 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2023.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE High rates of firearm injury among urban Black men in the US can lead to long physical and psychological recovery times, worsened by limited access to mental health services. Spirituality can propel positive thoughts, actions, perceptions and behaviors about self and others yet how it is used among Black men recovering from firearm injury is underexplored. This study examined the role of spirituality in the recovery of Black male survivors of firearm injury. METHOD Ten injured urban Black men in Philadelphia were interviewed using descriptive phenomenology. A subset of participants from the Emotional Responses and Recovery from Injury in Urban Black Men study who agreed to be recontacted for future studies were enrolled. Informed consent was obtained, semi-structured interviews were conducted via phone and were audiotaped, transcribed, and de-identified. Thematic content analysis was used to understand perceptions of spirituality and to identify spiritual coping behavior themes. RESULTS Findings suggest that injured urban Black men engaged in theistic and non-theistic spiritual activities that resulted in positive character development, reduced risk of re-injury, hope, improved mental health and social bonds. CONCLUSION Spirituality may serve as a protective factor against firearm re-injury or retaliation by promoting desired behaviors and mental health among injured urban Black men. Combining culturally sensitive spiritual resources and psychotherapy may lead to effective trauma-informed care in addressing spiritual and existential challenges of injured urban Black men who may find spirituality important.
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- Augustine C O Boateng
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, United States of America; Penn Injury Science Center, United States of America.
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, United States of America
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, United States of America; Penn Injury Science Center, United States of America
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Miller L, Wickramaratne P, Hao X, McClintock CH, Pan L, Svob C, Weissman MM. Altruism and "love of neighbor" offer neuroanatomical protection against depression. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2021; 315:111326. [PMID: 34265626 PMCID: PMC8672211 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2021.111326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We prospectively investigate protective benefits against depression of cortical thickness across nine regions of a Ventral Frontotemporal Network (VFTN), previously associated with spiritual experience. Seventy-two participants at high and low risk for depression (Mean age 41 years; 22-63 years; 40 high risk, 32 low risk) were drawn from a three-generation, thirty-eight year study. FreeSurfer estimated cortical thickness over anatomical MRIs of the brain (Year 30) for each of the nine ROIs. Depression (MDD with SAD-L; symptoms with PHQ; Years 30 and 38) and spirituality (self-report on five phenotypes; Year 35), respectively, were associated with the weighted average of nine regions of interest. VFTN thickness was: 1) positively associated (p<0.01) with two of five spiritual phenotypes, altruism and love of neighbor, interconnectedness at a trend level, but neither commitment nor practice, 2) inversely associated with a diagnosis of MDD (SADS-L Year 30, for any MDD in the past ten years), and 3) prospectively neuroanatomically protective against depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 Year 38) for those at high familial risk.
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- Lisa Miller
- Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Clinical Psychology Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, USA; Division of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, USA; Division of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, USA
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- Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Clinical Psychology Program, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, USA; Sierra Pacific MIRECC, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, USA; Division of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, USA; Division of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, USA; Division of Translational Epidemiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, USA
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Galanter M, Hansen H, Potenza MN. The role of spirituality in addiction medicine: a position statement from the spirituality interest group of the international society of addiction medicine. Subst Abus 2021; 42:269-271. [PMID: 34214398 DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2021.1941514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Spirituality is a construct that is reflected in a diversity of strongly felt personal commitments in different cultural and national groups. For persons with substance use disorders (SUDs), it can serve as a component of the recovery capital available to them. This position statement reviews empirical research that can shed light on psychological, social, and biological aspects of this construct. On this basis, the Spirituality Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) makes recommendations for how this construct can be incorporated into research and clinical care.
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- Marc Galanter
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Anthropology and Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA.,Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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