Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1040 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60607-7134, USA,
J Relig Health. 2014 Oct;53(5):1398-413. doi: 10.1007/s10943-013-9756-4.
Will a pastor refer to a mental health center? If they feel qualified to intervene themselves, they may not. Because pastors often provide grief counseling, it is important to understand the decisions they make when intervening with depressed individuals. A random sample of 204 Protestant pastors completed surveys about their treatment practices for depression. Fisher's exact analyses revealed that more pastors with some secular education yet no degree felt that they were the best person to treat depression than pastors who had no secular education or pastors who had at least a secular bachelor's degree. However, the level of theological education did not influence beliefs about the pastor being the best person to treat depression. In addition, neither secular nor theological education level influenced pastors' views on referring people to mental health centers for depression treatment. Based on findings, this paper discusses implications for best practices in training pastors on depression and other mental health topics.
牧师会向心理健康中心转介吗?如果他们觉得自己有资格进行干预,他们可能不会。因为牧师经常提供悲伤咨询,所以了解他们在干预沮丧个体时做出的决定很重要。对 204 名新教牧师进行了一项关于他们治疗抑郁症的实践情况的随机抽样调查。费舍尔精确分析显示,与没有世俗教育或至少拥有世俗学士学位的牧师相比,具有一些世俗教育但没有学位的牧师更认为自己是治疗抑郁症的最佳人选。然而,神学教育水平并不影响对牧师是治疗抑郁症最佳人选的信念。此外,无论是世俗教育还是神学教育水平都不影响牧师对将人们转介到心理健康中心进行抑郁症治疗的看法。基于这些发现,本文讨论了在培训牧师了解抑郁症和其他心理健康主题方面的最佳实践的意义。