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Many doctors avoid issues of spirituality and faith when interacting
with patients, but that's not true for most psychiatrists, a new study
finds.
In fact, more than 90 percent of psychiatrists surveyed said it's always or usually appropriate to ask patients about their religious faith or spirituality, while just 53 percent of other doctors thought so. On the other hand, psychiatrists were much more likely to report that crises of religious faith can worsen a patients' suffering. "Although psychiatrists are not [typically] religious themselves, they are the doctors most comfortable with talking about spiritual issues," said study lead author Dr. Farr Curlin, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago.
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