RELIGIOUS PSYCHOTHERAPY AS MANAGEMENT OF BEREAVEMENT

This study was aimed at determining the effect of psychotherapy in pat ients in bereavement. Fifteen patients in a control group were given b rief psychotherapy and 15 study group patients received psychotherapy with a religious perspective. The patients in the study group showed c onsistently significant improvements as compared with the control grou p at the end of 6 months. The results indicate that highly religious p atients with grief and bereavement tend to improve faster when a relig ious psychotherapy is added to a cognitive-behaviour approach.