What role do religion and spirituality play in mental health?

Some people get ragey about religion and call it a "crutch", but if it makes that person feel at peace and it doesnt hurt anyone, I say go ahead and enjoy.

In my personal experience I would say it played a major role in my life and has been very positive.

It plays a vital role . If u don’t pray and don’t follow ur religion and spirituality you can go through a lot of health issues ... ur heart gets dead ur soul dies .. and you have no peace of mind ... it’s very important to pray

They have given me the ability to speak in tongues: "Bluu..blaa...blubb..blubb..."

The extremists are all patho.

Just ask any terrorist

Without religion and/or spiritually depression is even more debilitating. When someone has nothing to believe in they can find it very hard,indeed, to resist suicide.

I think a great deal. It's [b]all[/b] about spirituality, since that's what we all are, essentially. If that spirituality is practiced through religion, that's fine.