“People who have a spiritual understanding of life in the absence of a religious framework are vulnerable to mental disorder”.
Religion, spirituality and mental health: results from a national study of English household By Michael King, Louise Marston, Sally McManus, Terry Brugha, Howard Meltzer and Paul Bebbington in British Journal of Psychiatry, November 22, 2012.
See an article in the Guardian and a piece on CNN website. 
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