espiritualidade e saúde
Palavras chave: Religião; Religiosidade; Espiritualidade; Saúde; Saúde mental; Dependência química; drogas; Consumo de drogas
Abstract: Religion is recurrently cited in health-related researches. One of the areas that present the most consistent data is its relation to drug abuse levels, as well as chemical addiction development. The present work intends to analyze those articles in order to develop a theory about the influence of religion over health, more specifically over chemical addiction, and to explain this relation. Our research was conducted qualitatively and has found invariably positive results in reference to that influence, in addition to alternative reasons that, for the mostly, relate to rules provided by religions, social supports offered by them, beliefs that affect directly health, disease and world concepts that turn out to comfort and to provide strategies to cope with hard situations.
Keywords: Religion; Religiosity; Spirituality; Health; Mental health; Chemical addiction; Drugs; Drug use.
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