Spirituality, Mental Health, and COVID-19

Lindsay B Carey; Harold G Koenig; Terrence Hill; David Drummond; Ezra Gabbay; Jeffery Cohen; Carl Aiken; Jacinda R Carey

doi:10.1007/s10943-024-02000-z

Spirituality, Mental Health, and COVID-19

J Relig Health. 2024 Feb;63(1):1-5. doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02000-z. Epub 2024 Jan 13.

Authors

Lindsay B Carey^{1

2}, Harold G Koenig^{3

4

5}, Terrence Hill⁶, David Drummond⁷, Ezra Gabbay⁸, Jeffery Cohen^{9

10}, Carl Aiken¹¹, Jacinda R Carey¹²

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Lindsay.Carey@latrobe.edu.au.
² The University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia. Lindsay.Carey@latrobe.edu.au.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Health Systems, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Duke University Health Systems, Durham, NC, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
⁷ McKellar Centre, Barwon Health, North Geelong, VIC, Australia.
⁸ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital Medicine Section, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ School of Medicine (Sydney), University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ St. Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹¹ Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide and Alumni, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA.
¹² School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 38217770
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-024-02000-z

Abstract

This issue of JORH presents a broad range of articles that consider spirituality and spiritual care from various international perspectives. It also looks at a diverse range of articles relating to mental health disorders and addictions. Lastly, this issue considers the aftermath of COVID-19. Readers are also reminded of the European Congress on Religion, Spirituality, and Health (ECRSH) (Salzburg, Austria), as well as the inaugural International Moral Injury and Wellbeing Conference (IMIWC), Brisbane, Australia, 2024.

Keywords: Addictions; COVID-19; Mental Health; Pastoral Care; Religion; Spiritual Care; Spirituality.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Mental Health
Pastoral Care*
Religion
Spiritual Therapies*
Spirituality