Many experience religion and spirituality as a help to their mental health, but for others, religion is a source of psychological stress, painful memories and trauma.
What is the path forward for those who have been harmed, rather than healed, by religion? Understanding religious trauma is a start.
Research has focused on the importance of religion in the lives of a majority of Americans and the positive correlation of spirituality and religious involvement with improved mental health.
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