ABSTRACT
Man’s faith in religion is as old as humankind itself. As C. P. Crenshaw comments, there are enough similarities between medicine and religion partly because both serve moral and humanitarian purposes. The interaction between religion and psychiatry can be at several levels. Psychiatric patients may have religious beliefs that may need to be taken into consideration when planning any management. B. Morris argues that, with the growth of materialistic interpretations of social reality, the general interest in comparative religions emerged. Phenomenology is instrument of hearing, recollection, restoration, and of meaning, as are the underlying meanings of religion. C. Jung went so far as to suggest that religion is not only a sociological or historical phenomenon but that it also has a profound psychological significance. Religion, its psychological aspects, and its practice all affect mental health.
