Abstract
to present a brief history of Spiritism, the vision of epilepsy by Spiritism, and the potential of spirituality and religiosity care as complementary and coadjutants treatments in epilepsy. this is a brief review about the impact of faith, spirituality, and religiosity, particularly the Spiritism philosophy as complementary treatment to neurological disorders (particularly focusing on epilepsy) and mental health. We conduct a review of published articles (about religion/spirituality and epilepsy) in the Pubmed and SciELO databases. the exercise of spirituality and religiosity can be a positive coping strategy to support the traditional therapy of patients with epilepsy and other neurological disorders. However, it is necessary to demystify myths and beliefs about the epilepsy and improve knowledge about this important health dimension among professionals, patients, and caregivers to explore their full treatment and supportive potential.
Highlights
Integrative medicine can complement pharmacological treatment in the epilepsy because it can contribute to emotional control and stress reduction and improves seizure management and control and quality of life[1]
In epilepsy, many patients turn to their faith in times of illness and practicing religiosity has been associated with desirable health outcomes[3,4]
There has been a view that epilepsy patients are possessed by evil spirits[5,6,7,8] and have mystical and supernatural powers[8]
Summary
O Espiritismo como terapia no cuidado em saúde na epilepsia Espiritismo como terapia en el cuidado de la salud en la epilepsia. Rodrigo Luiz VanciniI, Claudio Andre Barbosa de LiraII, Cássia Regina Vancini-CampanharoIII, Dulce Aparecida BarbosaIII, Ricardo Mario AridaIV. I Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Center of Physical Education and Sports. II Universidade Federal de Goiás, Dance and Physical Education College, Sector of Human and Exercise Physiology. III Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Paulista School of Nursing, Department of Nursing. IV Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Department of Physiology. How to cite this article: Vancini RL, Lira CAB, Vancini-Campanharo CR, Barbosa DA, Arida RM. The Spiritism as therapy in the health care in the epilepsy.
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