Ruh Sağlığı ve Tasavvufi Yaşantı Arasındaki İlişki; Sistematik Bir Literatür Taraması ve Analizi

The study aims to systematically investigate the relationship between mental health and Sufism. This study is a systematic literature review and analysis. The literature review was conducted in Aprial and May 2023. The articles used in this reviewed were retrieved by searching Scopus, Web of Sciences, Ulakbim, Yöktez and Google Akademik and databases with the keywords “sufi*”, “mysti*”, “tarika”, “well-being”, “heal*”, “psycho*”, “therap*” and “mental health” and their combinations. The literature review was conducted with Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Sciences, Ulakbim, Yöktez databases. As a result of the scanning, 1954 studies were found, and 1768 research resources were accessed with English-Turkish limitation. When books were excluded from the research, 1715 sources were reached. With the title review, it was found that 1655 studies were not related to the subject. 16 repeats and 1 Erratum were extracted from the sources obtained. When the abstract and full text of the remaining 43 sources were scanned, 10 studies were included in the literature analysis. Studies have shown that the effects of Sufism on individuals' social adaptation processes and mood regulation have been investigated. In studies on Sufism and mental health, it has been determined that Sufi rituals provide psychological support and support the spiritual and psychological well-being of individuals.Sufism has been found to contribute to spiritual and psychological well-being. When the rituals such as dhikr and murāqabah in Sufi culture are examined, they have common points with the healing of music and EMDR techniques.