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Religion, Spirituality, and Worldviews: Implications for Mental Health

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This chapter introduces Asian religious traditions and draws out some implications for mental health that are important to counselors, mental health professionals, and social workers serving Asian North American families. Special attention is paid to religio-cultural views of gender, sexuality, and family. Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Muslim, Baha’i, Confucian, Taoist, Shamanic, Shinto, and Christian traditions are considered.

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Tiemeier, T.S. (2021). Religion, Spirituality, and Worldviews: Implications for Mental Health. In: Chuang, S.S., Moodley, R., Gielen, U.P., Akram-Pall, S. (eds) Asian Families in Canada and the United States. Advances in Immigrant Family Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56452-0_3

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