Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2007) 13: 212-219. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.106.002774
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Taking a spiritual history

Larry Culliford

Larry Culliford is a consultant psychiatrist with the Sussex Partnership NHS Trust (Brighton Community Mental Health Centre, 79 Buckingham Road, Brighton BN1 3RJ, UK. Email: larry.culliford{at}sussexpartnership.nhs.uk) and a popular author as ‘Patrick Whiteside’ (see: http://www.happinesssite.com). A practising Christian with wide ecumenical and inter-faith interests, he is a member of the Scientific and Medical Network (http://www.scimednet.org) and the International Thomas Merton Society (http://www.merton.org).

The rationale for assessing the spiritual needs of psychiatric patients is examined as a prelude to addressing the question of how to do this. A number of approaches are considered. The emphasis is on varieties of practical history-taking suitable for the repertoire of every psychiatrist in training and those engaged in CPD. Finally, some of the consequences of identifying spiritual needs in psychiatric patients are discussed.




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