The Effectiveness of Psycho-spiritual Therapy among Mentally Ill Patients

Psycho-spiritual therapy (PST) is an approach that incorporates religion and spirituality into psychotherapy. For centuries, this has been done in many settings, and across different religions. BhagavadGita’s concept of a mentally healthy person focuses itself on certain special characteristics in the personality development of an average Indian which is the key to its psychotherapeutic context [1]. Another example is Taoistic cognitive psychotherapy, which is based on Taoist philosophy of life and health [2]. Apart from that, Islamic Psychospiritual Therapy have roots well embedded in the spiritual foundation of the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad [S.A.W], in which it is a healing technique where the individual is transferred from the realm of ill health to the realm of wellbeing in a manner that is Godly [3]. All religions view morality as sets of objective truth. When religious people commits to a certain moral regulations and standard, it will bring about a positive behaviour including in terms of health [4].