What is it about?
Psychodynamic psychopharmacology provides a therapeutic framework for understanding relationships patients have with medications.
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Why is it important?
To further mental health treatment, providers might explore patients’ religious and spiritual beliefs and their intersection with medication resistance.
Perspectives
Resistance to using medications can be influenced by religious and spiritual belief systems, which prescribers might explore with patients to optimize treatment.
Spencer Gardner
University of Cincinnati
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This page is a summary of: Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology and Christianity: Understanding Patients’ Relationships With Medications, American Journal of Psychotherapy, January 2025, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20240006.
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