ABSTRACT

Religion is a salient part of cultural competence for mental health clinicians. This paper describes rationales for clinicians to work with a less well-known Catholic clergy: permanent deacons. Demographic, personality structure and religious commitment data from nearly 2,000 deacons support collaboration with clinicians to improve the continuity of mental health care. Guidelines for this work are provided by the Clergy Outreach & Professional Engagement (COPE) model: clergy first support mental health without clinicians, then clergy may need to reach out to clinicians, then clinicians may need to reach out to clergy to provide care salient to persons of religious faith and to help sustain recovery. Deacon examples are provided throughout the paper. Future research is recommended.

摘要

宗教是心理健康临床医生文化能力的重要组成部分。本文描述了临床医生与不太知名的天主教神职人员合作的理由：永久执事。来自近 2,000 名执事的人口统计、人格结构和宗教信仰数据支持与临床医生合作，以提高精神卫生保健的连续性。这项工作的指南由神职人员外展和专业参与(COPE) 模型提供：神职人员首先在没有临床医生的情况下支持心理健康，然后神职人员可能需要与临床医生联系，然后临床医生可能需要与神职人员联系以提供重要的护理有宗教信仰的人，并帮助维持康复。整篇论文都提供了执事的例子。建议进一步研究。