Dean's Grand Rounds - Integrating the Spiritual Dimension in Psychiatric Evaluations: Practical Approaches for Clinicians
Free Webinar
Thursday 18 September 2025, 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Overview
The webinar, as part of the Dean's Grand Rounds, will explore the essential role of spirituality in mental health care. Recognising that spiritual beliefs and practices often shape patients' experiences of illness, suffering, and recovery, we will aim to equip clinicians with practical tools to take a compassionate, culturally sensitive spiritual history.
We will share patient stories, highlight validated frameworks, ethical considerations, and clinical case examples to demonstrate how spirituality can inform diagnosis, treatment panning, and therapeutic rapport.
By integrating the spiritual dimension, we hope clinicians can deliver more holistic, person-centred psychiatric care that respects patients' values, enhances well-being, and improves treatment outcomes.
Programme and speakers
- Introduction from Professor Subodh Dave (Dean, 萝莉视频).
- Setting the context and sharing stories of patients - Professor Rajashree Ray, Chair of the South Asian Division, 萝莉视频.
- Evidence base for consideration of patient's spirituality in their mental health care - Dr Lucy Grimwade Chair of the Spirituality Special Interest Group, 萝莉视频.
- Exploring Spirituality with People who use Mental Health services: An online CPD module addressing assessment, interventions and dilemmas - Dr Sarah Eagger, Retired Consultant Psychiatrist and Chair of the Janki Foundation.
- Healing Beyond the Body: Weaving Spirituality into Psycho-oncology - Dr Soumitra S Datta, Head of Department, Department of Palliative Cre and Psycho-oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata (Art of Medicine).
- Spirituality for Clinicians? - Professor B N Gangadhar, Chairman - National Medical Commission, India.
- Interview with a patient - Professor Rajashree Ray.
- Panel Q&A.
- Close of session - Dr Deepa Krishnan, Dean's Grand Rounds Lead.
Slides
- Evidence base for consideration of patient's spirituality in their mental health care - Dr Lucy Grimwade
- Exploring Spirituality with People who use Mental Health services: An online CPD module addressing assessment, interventions and dilemmas - Dr Sarah Eagger
- Healing Beyond the Body: Weaving Spirituality into Psycho-oncology - Dr Soumitra S Datta
- Spirituality for Clinicians? - Professor B N Gangadhar
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