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Spirituality and addiction in relation to recovery process /

Shirin Mostafa Anwar ElMakawi

Spirituality and addiction in relation to recovery process / Shirin Mostafa Anwar ElMakawi ; Suppervised Sanaa Ahmed Ali Kamel , Maha Wasfy Mobasher , Aref Abd El Halim Khoweiled - Cairo : Shirin Mostafa Anwar ElMakawi , 2006 - 179P : ill ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Neuropsychiatry

Recovering addicts show higher spirituality and believe more in the disease model of addiction than addictsRecovering addicts report practicing religious rituals more than addicts which , however , seems not to be a direct predictor of higher spiritualityRelapse prevention does not depend on spirituality alone , but also on other factors mainly behavioral interventions like those applied in therapeutic communities play a crucial role to enhance recovery



ADDICTION PROCESS RELATION SPIRITUALITY