Religion and Psychiatry: Beyond Boundaries

by Peter Verhagen ('Ambulatorium' Outpatient Clinic, Meerkanten GGZ Institution for Mental health Care, Harderwijk/Ermelo, The Netherlands); Herman M. Van Praag (Maastricht University); Juan José; Ló; pez-Ibor (Complutense Univ. of Madrid, Spain)

• ISBN13: 9780470682210
• ISBN10: 0470682213
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

With contributions from psychiatrists, psychologists and theologians from around the world, Religion and Psychiatry is a comprehensive account of the interplay between psychiatry and religion, covering all the major world religions. This landmark work sheds light on the importance of religion and spirituality in mental health and provides psychiatrists with a framework for understanding their roles in patients' mental well-being. Written primarily for psychiatrists, the book covers training, policy and service delivery and provides powerful support for more effective partnerships between psychiatry and religion in day-to-day clinical care.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

General Introduction: Religion and Science

Prolegomena (First Issues): History, Philosophy, Science And Culture

Introduction

Evil in Historical Perspective: At the Intersection of Religion and Psychiatry

Linguistic Analysis and Values-Based Practice: One Way of Getting Started with Some Kinds of Philosophical Problems at the Interface Between Psychiatry and Religion

Science and Transcendence in Psychopathology Lessons from Existentialism

Psychiatry of the Whole Person - Contribution of Spirituality in form of Mystic (Sufi) Thinking

Main Issues: The Interface Between Psychiatry, Mental Health And Major Religious Traditions

Introduction 87

Judaism and Psychiatry

Christianity and Psychiatry

Religion and Mental Health in Islam

Psychiatry and African Religion

Hinduism and Mental Health

Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan

Psychiatry and Theravada Buddhism

Core Issues: Religion And Psychopathology

Introduction 209

Religious Experience and Psychopathology

God's Champions and Adversaries: About the Borders between Normal and Abnormal Religiosity

Religion and Psychopathology: Psychosis and Depression

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Religion: A Reconnaissance

Religion and Psychoanalysis: Past and Present

On the Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism

Measurement at the Interface of Psychiatry and Religion: Issues and Existing Measures

Research Issues

Introduction

Religion and Mental Health: What Do You Mean When You Say 'Religion'? What Do You Mean When You Say 'Mental Health'?

A Moment of Anger, a Lifetime of Favor: Image of God, Personality, and Orthodox Religiosity

The Relationship Between an Orthodox Protestant Upbringing and Current Orthodox Protestant Adherence, DSM-IV Axis II B Cluster Personality Disorders and Structural Borderline Personality Organization

When Religion Goes Awry: Religious Risk Factors for Poorer Health and Well-Being

Religious Practice and Mental Health: a Moroccan Experience

Religious and Spiritual Considerations in Psychiatric Diagnosis: Considerations for the DSM-V

Interdisciplinary Issues: Psychotherapy, Pastoral Care And Meaning Giving

Introduction

Gods of the Horizon: The Therapist's and the Patient's Religious Representations and the Inevitability of Countertransference

Assumptions About Pastoral Care, Spirituality and Mental Health

Coming to Terms with Loss in Schizophrenia - The Search for Meaning

Controversial Issues: Religion And The Brain

Introduction

The Limits of Scientific Understanding and their Relevance for the Role of Religion in Psychiatry

Seat of the Divine: A Biological 'Proof of God's Existence'?

Neuro-Theology: Demasqué of Religions

Training Issues: Residency Training And Continuous Education

Introduction

Religion and the Training of Psychotherapists

Multicultural Education and Training in Religion and Spirituality

Epilogue: Proposal for a World Psychiatric Association Consensus or Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry

Notes on Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

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