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Freud is now a fallen idol, the fall having been all the heavier for its postponement. There is now growing awareness of the importance of spirituality in health care, both as a positive factor in relation to well-being and as an issue to which patients have a right. The "Spirituality and Healing in Medicine" conference sponsored by [[Harvard]] Medical School in 1998 brought reports that 86 percent of Americans as a whole, 99 percent of family physicians, and 94 percent of HMO professionals believe that prayer, meditation, and other spiritual and religious practices exercise a major positive role within the healing process.<ref name="christtoday">[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/march/21.36.html Christianity Today, March 21, 2005 (christianitytoday.com)]</ref>}}

Freud is now a fallen idol, the fall having been all the heavier for its postponement. There is now growing awareness of the importance of spirituality in health care, both as a positive factor in relation to well-being and as an issue to which patients have a right. The "Spirituality and Healing in Medicine" conference sponsored by [[Harvard]] Medical School in 1998 brought reports that 86 percent of Americans as a whole, 99 percent of family physicians, and 94 percent of HMO professionals believe that prayer, meditation, and other spiritual and religious practices exercise a major positive role within the healing process.<ref name="christtoday">[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/march/21.36.html Christianity Today, March 21, 2005 (christianitytoday.com)]</ref>}}

[[File:Mayo-clinic-gondaoverview.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The prestigious [[Mayo Clinic]] found that that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better physical health, mental health, health-related quality of life and other health outcomes.<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/mayo-clinic-proceedings/vol/76/issue/1225 Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine: How Are They Related and What Does It Mean? Harold G. Koenig, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Volume 76, Issue 12, pages 1189-1191 (December 2001)]</ref>]]

[[File:Mayo-clinic-gondaoverview.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The prestigious [[Mayo Clinic]] found that that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better physical health, mental health, health-related quality of life and other health outcomes.<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/mayo-clinic-proceedings/vol/76/issue/1225 Harold G. Koenig (December 2001), Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine: How Are They Related and What Does It Mean? ''Mayo Clinic Proceedings'', Volume 76, Issue 12, pages 1189-1191]</ref>]]

The prestigious [[Mayo Clinic]] reported on December 11, 2001:

The prestigious [[Mayo Clinic]] reported on December 11, 2001:

{{cquote|In an article also published in this issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic researchers reviewed published studies, meta-analyses, systematic reviews and subject reviews that examined the association between religious involvement and spirituality and physical health, mental health, health-related quality of life and other health outcomes.

{{cquote|In an article also published in this issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic researchers reviewed published studies, meta-analyses, systematic reviews and subject reviews that examined the association between religious involvement and spirituality and physical health, mental health, health-related quality of life and other health outcomes.

The authors report a majority of the nearly 350 studies of physical health and 850 studies of mental health that have used religious and spiritual variables have found that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better health outcomes.<ref name="Mayo">Mueller, Dr. Paul S. et al. (December 2001). [http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2811%2962799-7/fulltext "Religious involvement, spirituality, and medicine: implications for clinical practice"]. ''Mayo Clinic Proceedings'' vol. 76:12, pp. 1225-1235.  Retrieved from Mayo Clinic Proceedings website on July 20, 2014.</ref>}}

The authors report a majority of the nearly 350 studies of physical health and 850 studies of mental health that have used religious and spiritual variables have found that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better health outcomes.<ref name="Mayo">Mueller, Dr. Paul S. et al. (December 2001). [http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2811%2962799-7/fulltext "Religious involvement, spirituality, and medicine: implications for clinical practice"]. ''Mayo Clinic Proceedings'', Volume 76, Issue 12, pages 1225-1235.  Retrieved from Mayo Clinic Proceedings website on July 20, 2014.</ref>}}

== American millennials, irreligion, therapy and pseudoscience ==

== American millennials, irreligion, therapy and pseudoscience ==