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Edited By
Harold Koenig, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Description
The Handbook of Religion and Mental Health is a useful resource for mental health professionals, religious professionals,
and counselors. The book describes how religious beliefs and practices relate to mental health and influence mental health care. It presents
research on the association between religion and personality, coping behavior, anxiety, depression, psychoses, and successes in psychotherapy
and includes discussions on specific religions and their perspectives on mental health.
Audience
Academic researchers in social psychology and personality as well as clinical psychology and sociology; professional practicing psychologists and clinicians.
Contents
H.A. Pincus, Preface.H.G. Koenig, Introduction.
Historical Background:
S.B. Thielman, Reflections
on the Role of Religion in the History of Psychiatry.S.G. Post, Ethics, Religion, and Mental Health.
A New Research
Frontier:
J.S. Levin and L.M. Chatters, Research on Religion and Mental Health: An Overview of Empirical Findings and
Theoretical Issues.E.L. Idler and L.K. George, What Sociology Can Help Us Understand About Religion and Mental Health.R.A.
Emmons, Religion and Personality.A.B. Newberg and E.G. d'Aquili, The Neuropsychology of Spiritual Experience.M.E.
McCullough and D.B. Larson, Future Directions in Research.
Religion and Mental Functioning:
K.I. Pargament
and C.R. Brant, Religion and Coping.G.J. Kennedy, Religion and Depression.J.A. Thorson, Religion and Anxiety:
Which Anxiety? Which Religion? W.P. Wilson, Religion and Psychoses.J. Booth and J.E. Martin, Spiritual and Religious
Factors in Substance Use, Dependence, and Recovery.
Religious Perspectives on Mental Health:
H.N. Malony, Religion
and Mental Health from the Protestant Perspective.N.C. Kehoe, Religion and Mental Health from the Catholic Perspective.S.H.
Barlow and A.E. Bergin Religion and Mental Health from the Mormon Perspective.G.R. Mosley, Religion and Mental Health
from the Unity Perspective.M.R. Zedek, Religion and Mental Health from the Jewish Perspective.B.W. Scotton, Treating
Buddhist Patients.N.V. Juthani, Understanding and Treating Hindu Patients.S.A. Husain, Religion and Mental Health
from the Muslim Perspective.A.D. Gaines, Religion and Culture in Psychiatry: Christian and Secular Psychiatric Theory and Practice
in the United States.
Clinical Applications:
H.G. Koenig and J. Pritchett, Religion and Psychotherapy.L.
VandeCreek, D. Carl, and D. Parker, The Role of Nonparish Clergy in the Mental Health System.A.J. Weaver, Mental Health
Professionals Working with Religious Leaders.
Education of Mental Health Professionals:
E.S. Bowman, Integrating
Religion into the Education of Mental Health Professionals.D.G. Blazer, Religion and Academia in Mental Health.H.G. Koenig,
Summary and Conclusions.
Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 408 pages, publication date: SEP-1998
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-417645-4
ISBN-10: 0-12-417645-3
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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