Forging connections in the wilderness: a pilot study on Judaism and mental health in outdoor behavioural healthcare
Wilderness behavioural therapy programs take place outside of traditional office settings and focus on successful problem-solving skills instead of the underlying issues. There are few longitudinal studies on wilderness behavioural therapy and none specifically examining the connections between Juda...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 26, Issue: 10, Pages: 969–979 |
| Further subjects: | B
Young adults
B Judaism B behavioural therapy B Mental Health B Coping B Wilderness therapy |
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| Summary: | Wilderness behavioural therapy programs take place outside of traditional office settings and focus on successful problem-solving skills instead of the underlying issues. There are few longitudinal studies on wilderness behavioural therapy and none specifically examining the connections between Judaism and mental health. Presented here is a longitudinal cohort study collecting data pre & immediately post-program, 6-months, 12-months, and 18-months post-program. The overall goal of this pilot study was to examine connections between Judaism, coping skills, and mental health. Two evidence-based Jewish spiritual measures and three evidence-based mental health measures were used. While most participants thought their connection to Judaism was important to treatment, that did not translate to using aspects of Judaism as a coping mechanism. Likewise, there were no statistically significant changes on any of the mental health measures used. One caveat: the small sample size makes for poor generalizability. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2023.2290073 |