Religion and Psychiatry Religion and Psychiatry: Beyond Boundaries Editors Peter J. Verhagen Meerkanten GGZ, Harderwijk, The Netherlands Herman M. van Praag University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands Juan J. Lopez-Ibor Jr. Complutense University, Madrid, Spain John L. Cox University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Driss Moussaoui Ibn Rushd University, Casablanca, Morocco This edition first published 2010 2010, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Set in 10/12 Pt Times by Thomson Digital, Noida, India. Printed in Singapore by Markono Print Media Pte Ltd. First Impression 2009 Contents List of Contributors ix Foreword xiii Preface xv General Introduction: Religion and Science Peter J. Verhagen PART 1 PROLEGOMENA (FIRST ISSUES): HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE AND CULTURE Introduction 1.1 Evil in Historical Perspective: At the Intersection of Religion and Psychiatry Michael H. Stone 1.2 Linguistic Analysis and Values-Based Practice: One Way of Getting Started with Some Kinds of Philosophical Problems at the Interface Between Psychiatry and Religion Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford 1.3 Science and Transcendence in Psychopathology; Lessons from Existentialism Juan J. & Mar Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer 1.4 Psychiatry of the Whole Person Contribution of Spirituality in form of Mystic (Sufi) Thinking Ahmad Mohit PART 2 MAIN ISSUES: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PSYCHIATRY, MENTAL HEALTH AND MAJOR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS Introduction vi CONTENTS 2.1 Judaism and Psychiatry Ayala Uri, Noa Navot & Alan Apter 2.2 Christianity and Psychiatry John R. & Mar Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer 1.4 Psychiatry of the Whole Person Contribution of Spirituality in form of Mystic (Sufi) Thinking Ahmad Mohit PART 2 MAIN ISSUES: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PSYCHIATRY, MENTAL HEALTH AND MAJOR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS Introduction vi CONTENTS 2.1 Judaism and Psychiatry Ayala Uri, Noa Navot & Alan Apter 2.2 Christianity and Psychiatry John R.
Peteet 2.3 Religion and Mental Health in Islam Ahmed Okasha 2.4 Psychiatry and African Religion Frank G. Njenga, Anna Nguithi & Sam G. Gatere 2.5 Hinduism and Mental Health R. Srinivasa Murthy 2.6 Buddhism and Psychotherapy in Japan Naotaka Shinfuku & Kenji Kitanishi 2.7 Psychiatry and Theravada Buddhism Pichet Udomratn PART 3 CORE ISSUES: RELIGION AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Introduction 3.1 Religious Experience and Psychopathology Juan J. Lopez-Ibor Jr. van Praag 3.3 Religion and Psychopathology: Psychosis and Depression Andrew C. P. P.
Sims 3.4 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Religion: A Reconnaissance Harold J. G. M. van Megen, Dianne A. den Boer-Wolters & Peter J. Verhagen 3.5 Religion and Psychoanalysis: Past and Present Allan M.
Josephson, Armand Nicholi Jr. & Allan Tasman 3.6 On the Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism John, Lord Alderdice 3.7 Measurement at the Interface of Psychiatry and Religion: Issues and Existing Measures Peter C. Hill & Carissa Dwiwardani CONTENTS vii PART 4 RESEARCH ISSUES Introduction 4.1 Religion and Mental Health: What Do You Mean When You Say Religion? What Do You Mean When You Say Mental Health? Charles H. Hackney 4.2 A Moment of Anger, a Lifetime of Favor: Image of God, Personality, and Orthodox Religiosity Elisabeth H.M. Eurelings-Bontekoe & Hanneke Schaap-Jonker 4.3 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 Elisabeth H.M. Eurelings-Bontekoe & Patrick Luyten 4.4 When Religion Goes Awry: Religious Risk Factors for Poorer Health and Well-Being Hisham Abu Raiya, Kenneth I.
Pargament & Gina Magyar-Russell 4.5 Religious Practice and Mental Health: a Moroccan Experience Driss Moussaoui & Nadia Kadri 4.6 Religious and Spiritual Considerations in Psychiatric Diagnosis: Considerations for the DSM-V David Lukoff, C. Robert Cloninger, Marc Galanter, David M. Gellerman, Linda Glickman, Harold G. Koenig, Francis G. Lu, William E. Narrow, John R.
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