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Mental Illness: Annotated Bibliography

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Marcia Webb, Anna M. Charbonneau, Russell A. McCann, and Kristin R. Gayle’s article, Struggling and enduring with God, religious support, and recovery from severe mental illness, issued in the Journal of Clinical Psychology in 2011, examines the ability of religion to be used as a coping and support mechanism for individuals suffering from mental illnesses. The authors begin by creating detailed analysis of mental illness as well as previous use of religion as a treatment. Webb et al. set up the study as a self-report measure. With a collection of 81 participants, each suffering from a mental illness, surveys were then administered. The authors first collected data on the participants’ demographics. Then the religious tests, the Suffering with

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