In our own voices: An exploratory study of psychiatric chaplaincy as a component of health care chaplaincy. Gottlieb, J. G. Ph.D. Thesis, Teachers College, Columbia University, United States -- New York, 2011. 00000
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The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore and describe the role and experience of professional chaplains and chaplain trainees working with psychiatric inpatients. Ten chaplains were interviewed using a semi-structured interview that addressed the challenges and stressors of working with a psychiatrically ill population. A demographic questionnaire included questions about participants' training in ministry and clinical pastoral education. The role of the chaplain in psychiatry generated four themes: (a) a listening and non-judgmental presence; (b) providing spiritual support, finding meaning, and accessing spiritual resources; (c) helping patients distinguish what is real and not real; and (d) being a provider who is a treatment team and non-treatment team member. Five themes were generated in the area of stressors of chaplains and trainees: (a) managing relationships; (b) intensity of clinical pastoral education; (c) competencies; (d) role management; and (e) self/personal issues. Coping strategies themes included: (a) personal self-care; and (b) built-in supports of the clinical pastoral education program. These strategies are discussed in the context of the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping. The study concludes with implications and recommendations for further study. Psychiatric patients are not immune to the spiritual crisis often seen in patients hospitalized for other medical illnesses. Chaplains are in a unique position to contribute to the quality of care for psychiatric patients, their families, and health care providers attending to them.
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	address = {United States -- New York},
	type = {Ed.{D}.},
	title = {In our own voices: {An} exploratory study of psychiatric chaplaincy as a component of health care chaplaincy},
	copyright = {Copyright ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing 2011},
	shorttitle = {In our own voices},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/861319054/E7C93BCA26784BBDPQ/3?accountid=28920},
	abstract = {The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore and describe the role and experience of professional chaplains and chaplain trainees working with psychiatric inpatients. Ten chaplains were interviewed using a semi-structured interview that addressed the challenges and stressors of working with a psychiatrically ill population. A demographic questionnaire included questions about participants' training in ministry and clinical pastoral education.
The role of the chaplain in psychiatry generated four themes: (a) a listening and non-judgmental presence; (b) providing spiritual support, finding meaning, and accessing spiritual resources; (c) helping patients distinguish what is real and not real; and (d) being a provider who is a treatment team and non-treatment team member. Five themes were generated in the area of stressors of chaplains and trainees: (a) managing relationships; (b) intensity of clinical pastoral education; (c) competencies; (d) role management; and (e) self/personal issues. Coping strategies themes included: (a) personal self-care; and (b) built-in supports of the clinical pastoral education program. These strategies are discussed in the context of the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping. The study concludes with implications and recommendations for further study.
Psychiatric patients are not immune to the spiritual crisis often seen in patients hospitalized for other medical illnesses. Chaplains are in a unique position to contribute to the quality of care for psychiatric patients, their families, and health care providers attending to them.},
	language = {English},
	urldate = {2015-06-09TZ},
	school = {Teachers College, Columbia University},
	author = {Gottlieb, Joyce Gail},
	year = {2011},
	note = {00000},
	keywords = {Chaplains, Clinical pastoral education, Education, Health care chaplains, Hospital chaplains, Pastoral care, Philosophy, Spiritual care, religion and theology}
}

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