The power of prayer: Believing in God can help treat depression
New research has found that people who believe in a higher power respond better to psychiatric treatment
Benefit is not confined to a specific religion
By Rachel Reilly
PUBLISHED: 12:23 EST, 25 April 2013 | UPDATED: 02:06 EST, 26 April 2013
Belief in God may improve treatment for those suffering with depression, says a new study.
Faith in a higher being has been found to significantly improve treatment for people suffering with a psychiatric illness, according to research carried out by McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Researchers followed 159 patients over the course of a year at the Behavioral Health Partial Hospital program at McLean to investigate the relationship between a patient’s level of belief in God, expectations for treatment an
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Belief in God can inspire all sorts of things, as we learned in 2001, and recently in Boston.