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Cantu-Weinstein A, Cohen MJ, Owens D, et al. A Qualitative Study of Religion and Spirituality in a Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit in the Southeast USA. J Relig Health. 2021;doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01451-y.
Cantu-Weinstein, A., Cohen, M. J., Owens, D., Schiller, C. E., & Kimmel, M. C. (2021). A Qualitative Study of Religion and Spirituality in a Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit in the Southeast USA. Journal of religion and health, . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01451-y
Cantu-Weinstein, Ashley, et al. "A Qualitative Study of Religion and Spirituality in a Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit in the Southeast USA." Journal of religion and health vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01451-y
Cantu-Weinstein A, Cohen MJ, Owens D, Schiller CE, Kimmel MC. A Qualitative Study of Religion and Spirituality in a Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit in the Southeast USA. J Relig Health. 2021 Nov 09; doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01451-y. Epub 2021 Nov 09. PMID: 34751870.
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J Relig Health. 2021 Nov 09; doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01451-y. Epub 2021 Nov 09.

A Qualitative Study of Religion and Spirituality in a Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit in the Southeast USA.

Journal of religion and health

Ashley Cantu-Weinstein, Matthew J Cohen, Darryl Owens, Crystal Edler Schiller, Mary C Kimmel

Affiliations

  1. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. [email protected].
  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
  3. Department of Pastoral Care, University of North Carolina Healthcare, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

PMID: 34751870 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01451-y

Abstract

Religion and spirituality are important aspects of culture that can interact with mental health. They can also be central components of women's experiences during pregnancy and the postpartum period. This study aims to explore the role of religion and spirituality among women experiencing severe psychopathology during the perinatal period using qualitative interviews of women hospitalized during pregnancy or postpartum on an inpatient unit in the Southeast USA. The average age of participants was 34.2 and all identified as white, aside from one who identified as other. Though religious affiliation was varied, most participants were Christian. Each patient interviewed had a diagnosis of depressive disorder, among other comorbid diagnoses. Three main themes emerged in the subsequent analyses (1) spirituality providing a sense of healing and connectedness above and beyond religion, (2) patients seeking support from religious leaders, and (3) patients experiencing familial pressure to enact religion in a certain way, especially as it relates to child rearing. Clinical implications for each of the themes are explored.

© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords: Inpatient hospitalization; Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders; Religion; Spirituality

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