Religious conversion among high security hospital patients: a qualitative analysis of patients accounts and experiences on changing faith

Thomas, Azania, Völlm, Birgit, Winder, Belinda and Abdelrazek, Tarek (2016) Religious conversion among high security hospital patients: a qualitative analysis of patients accounts and experiences on changing faith. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 19 (3). pp. 240-254. ISSN 1469-9737

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Abstract

Research has shown the importance of religion in recovery from mental illness. Previous studies have investigated why individuals change faith during custody in prison, but there has been no of religious conversion among patients detained in a UK secure research to date on religious conversion in forensic-psychiatric hospitals. The aim of this study was to understand the experience hospital. Thirteen patients who had converted their religion were interviewed and the resultant data were analysed using thematic analysis. Three superordinate themes (“reasons for changing faith”, “benefits of having a new faith” and “difficulties with practising a faith”) , incorporating eight subordinate themes, emerged. Understanding patients’ reasons for religious conversion is important for the treatment and support not merely of these individuals, but more broadly with patients in forensic-psychiatric care.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/801216
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Mental Health, Religion and Culture on 13/07/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13674676.2016.1166194
Keywords: Conversion, mental disorder, qualitative, thematic analysis, secure hospitals, religion, religious
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2016.1166194
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Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2016 14:56
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:01
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/32489

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