Should You Be Praying?

Should You Be Praying?

  DNews

Published on 18 Aug 2014

Prayer is an aged ritual and it is practiced by many cultures. Does praying help with your mental health? Laci is here to discuss a few studies discussing the possible benefits of prayer and meditation.

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Psychologist sees benefits of prayer, meditation on mental health
https://blogs.emory.edu/spiritedthink...
“Mahlet Endale, a licensed psychologist and the suicide prevention coordinator at Emory’s Counseling and Psychological Services Department, has witnessed first-hand the benefits of religion and prayer or meditation on one’s mental health.”

Prayer ‘aids mental health’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/516...
“People who pray frequently are less likely to suffer from depression and anxiety, according to a study.”

Anxiety and Amen: Prayer Doesn’t Ease Symptoms of Anxiety-Related Disorders for Everyone, Baylor Study Finds
http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunicat...
“Whether the problem is health, enemies, poverty or difficulty with aging, ‘Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there,’ suggested the late gospel musician Charles A. Tindley.”

Should Atheists Pray?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/...
“With atheist church services this month in Louisiana and New York, nonbelievers are borrowing some of the rituals of believers: gathering, singing, sermons.”

What We Talk About When We Talk About Prayer
http://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub/v30n2/...
“Kevin Ladd has spent much of his life in prayer.”


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