Treatment alliance and needs of care concerning religiousness and spirituality: A follow-up study among psychiatric inpatients.
Joke van Nieuw Amerongen-MeeuseArjan W BraamChrista AnbeekJos Wr TwiskHanneke Schaap-JonkerPublished in: The International journal of social psychiatry (2021)
Satisfaction with R/S care among mental health patients is related to a better treatment alliance. When unmet R/S care needs persist, they precede a decrease in treatment compliance. Mental health professionals are recommended to assess the presence of R/S care needs and consider possibilities of R/S care especially in the first weeks of treatment.