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Spiritual Wellness and Depression
Author(s) -
WESTGATE CHARLENE E.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb02311.x
Subject(s) - spirituality , holism , psychology , perspective (graphical) , psychotherapist , meaning (existential) , value (mathematics) , dimension (graph theory) , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , social psychology , epistemology , medicine , alternative medicine , philosophy , mathematics , pathology , artificial intelligence , machine learning , economics , macroeconomics , computer science , pure mathematics
With a growing appreciation for the holism of human functioning, interest in the spiritual dimension as it relates to depression has increased. In this article, I review medical wellness literature and counseling literature for insight into the nature of spirituality and propose 4 dimensions of spiritual wellness as a result of this review: a sense of meaning in life, a transcendent perspective, an intrinsic value system, and a sense of belonging to a spiritual community of shared values and support. These dimensions are examined as they relate to the clinical literature and empirical research on depression. Implications for research, counseling, and counselor education also are reviewed.