October 27th, 2011

A new study reveals that religious and spiritual support helps both men and women cope, and then live with, a chronic disease.
University of Missouri researchers embarked ...
October 6th, 2011

A new study suggests you really can wash away your troubles. According to investigators, the metaphor reflects reality, and religious rites like baptism make psychological ...
October 1st, 2011

In just a single high dose, psilocybin — a hallucinogen and active ingredient in magic mushrooms — produced notable changes for at least one year in the personalities ...
September 21st, 2011

A new series of studies provide insights on why some people have stronger religious beliefs than others.
Harvard University researchers believe the answer is tied to an individual's preferred cognitive ...
August 9th, 2011

A new study contests the long-held notion that the more educated someone becomes, the more likely they are to question their religious beliefs.
However, the more ...
August 8th, 2011

Results from a new study suggest mental health professionals should integrate patients' spiritual beliefs into their treatment regimens, especially for patients who are religious.
Researchers say individuals ...
July 14th, 2011

An emerging view of holistic health care includes attending to physical, mental, social and spiritual domains of care.
Over the past decades, researchers ...
July 1st, 2011

Adolescence is a time of exploration and growth, a time when teens begin to develop their own self-awareness and confirm their identification with specific social ...
June 29th, 2011

A new study finds that a spiritual relationship helps victims of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitate from their injury.
The study, by Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D., and Lisa ...
June 23rd, 2011

A family member's mental illness can disrupt the family's connection with its religious community, leading many affected families to leave the church and their faith behind, according to a new study.
Baylor ...