Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 87-101

Role of cultural beliefs, religion, and spirituality in mental health and/or service utilization among immigrants in Canada: A scoping review (Article)

Chaze F.* , Thomson M.S. , George U. , Guruge S.
  • a Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies, Sheridan College, 7899 McLaughlin Road, Brampton, ON L6Y 5H9, Canada
  • b Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Canada
  • c Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Canada
  • d Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Canada

Abstract

This paper uses Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) framework for conducting scoping reviews to examine 25 years of Canadian literature to understand the importance of cultural beliefs, religion, and spirituality in the context of immigrant mental health and/or service utilization. A review of 24 selected articles revealed 4 broad areas relative to the role of religion, spirituality, and culture in these contexts. Based on the findings the authors suggest that in increasingly diverse societies like Canada there is an urgent need for mental health professionals to take into account in their practice their service users cultural, religious, and spiritual beliefs.

Author Keywords

immigrants culture Spirituality Mental health Religion Canada

Index Keywords

Canada immigrant organization religion mental health
Link
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DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2015-015
ISSN: 07133936
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English