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The power of prayer: Believing in God can help treat depression

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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

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2314781/Believing-God-help-treat-depression.html#ixzz2RZs4xW00

One thought on “The power of prayer: Believing in God can help treat depression

  1. Belief in God can inspire all sorts of things, as we learned in 2001, and recently in Boston.

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