Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface for the Classic Edition: Psychiatry and Religion -- PART I Introduction and history -- 1 Religion and mental health -- 2 Religion and psychiatry: Extending the limits of tolerance -- 3 Religion and madness in hi...

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Main Author: Bhugra, Dinesh 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Routledge 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions Ser
Further subjects:B Psychiatry and religion
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Print version: Bhugra, Dinesh: Psychiatry and Religion : Context, Consensus and Controversies. - Milton : Routledge,c2018. - 9781138591165
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Summary:Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface for the Classic Edition: Psychiatry and Religion -- PART I Introduction and history -- 1 Religion and mental health -- 2 Religion and psychiatry: Extending the limits of tolerance -- 3 Religion and madness in history -- PART II Religions: East and West -- 4 Christianity and psychiatry -- 5 'The cracked crucible': Judaism and mental health -- 6 Psychosocial factors and the genesis of new African-American religious groups -- 7 Hinduism and Ayurveda: Implications for managing mental health -- 8 Buddhist psychology and implications for treatment -- 9 New religions and mental health -- 10 Islamic communities and mental health -- PART III Psychopathology, psychiatry and religion -- 11 Psychiatry and religion: A general psychiatrist's perspective -- 12 The neurophysiology of religious experience -- 13 Psychopathology, embodiment and religious innovation: An historical instance -- 14 Guilt, religion and ritual -- 15 Mental illness or life crisis?: A Christian pastoral counselling contribution -- Conclusions: Religion, mental illness and mental health - the way forward -- Index
ISBN:0429955316