Review Article
Religion/Spirituality and Mental Health of Students
Dr. K. C. Barmola*
Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. K. C. Barmola, Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University Rajasthan, H. N. 97-B Indira Nagar, Rishikesh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 249201, (M): 09649481296, India, E-mail: kailash_barmola@rediffmail.co
Article Information: Submission: 27/02/2015; Accepted: 30/03/2015; Published: 04/04/2015
Copyright: © 2015 Barmola KC, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
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Abstract
This paper is intended to find out the role of religion/spirituality in mental health of students. It is a reviews based study. The outcomes of reviews
suggest that the religion/spirituality may enrich the mental health of students. Some of the recommendations like freedom of expression of religion/spirituality
concerns, inclusion of religion/spirituality generated values/ethics/morals and inculcating religion/spirituality oriented habits in day-today lives of students’ may
help in their overall mental health.