Psychological benefits of Spiritual Baptist "mourning," II: An empirical assessment



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Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143:226-229
Copyright © 1986 by American Psychiatric Association

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Psychological benefits of Spiritual Baptist "mourning," II: An empirical assessment

EE Griffith, GE Mahy and JL Young

Members of a West Indian Christian sect called the Spiritual Baptists participate in a "mourning" ritual that is characterized by praying, fasting, and the experiencing of dreams and visions while in isolation. Sixteen individuals who underwent mourning were evaluated with the SCL- 90-R before and after the ritual. In general, the mourners showed significant improvement on the self-report scales.

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