Religious and spiritual beliefs and attitudes towards addiction and addiction treatment: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Throughout history, ideas about addiction have been informed and influenced by religious belief and practice. Even continuing into the present, religion and spirituality are often thought to impact attitudes towards addiction and its treatment, particularly given the use of religion and spirituality in various well-known treatments such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Although research has flourished with regards to the role that addiction and spirituality might play in vulnerability to addiction or the treatment of addiction, there has been comparatively less research examining how religion might impact attitudes toward addiction more broadly.

Method

The present work sought to examine the current state of empirical literature evaluating the relationships between relig

SUBMITTER: Grant Weinandy JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8664870 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature