Psychological Therapy Outcomes and Engagement in People of Different Religions
In England, patients who identified as Muslim, and particularly those of White or other ethnicities, had poorer outcomes from psychological therapies for depression and anxiety disorders than patients who reported no religion or any other religion. This may be partly due to unmeasured characteristics that warrant further investigation (eg, nationality and asylum-seeking or refugee status). Best practice guidelines on working with people of minoritized ethnicities may inform some of the changes needed to reduce inequalities, but must address religious identity separate from ethnicity, as well as their intersections.
Authors
- Sarah Ellard
- Laura-Louise Arundell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2325-7752)
- Tony Knight
- Syed Ali Naqvi
- Stephen Pilling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-8202)
- Jae Won Suh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0962-3850)
- Joshua E. J. Buckman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2281-0907)
- Rob Saunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7077-8729)
- Henry Delamain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1757-652X)
- Zainab Shafan-Azhar
Institutions
- National Health Service (GB)
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Centre for Mental Health (GB)
- Whittington Health NHS Trust (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4026
- Primary Topic
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00