Religion and Psychiatry. beyond Boundaries

With contributions from psychiatrists, psychologists and theologians from around the world, Religion and Psychiatryis 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

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. López-Ibor Jr. & María Inés López-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
• 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. López-Ibor Jr. & María Inés López-Ibor Alcocer
• 3.2 God’s Champions and Adversaries: About the Borders between Normal and Abnormal Religiosity
  Herman M. van Praag
• 3.3 Religion and Psychopathology: Psychosis and Depression
  Andrew C. 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

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. Peteet, Samuel B. Thielman & C. Paul Yang

PART 5 INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUES: PSYCHOTHERAPY, PASTORAL CARE AND MEANING GIVING

• Introduction
• 5.1 Gods of the Horizon: The Therapist’s and the Patient’s Religious Representations and the Inevitability of Countertransference
  Moshe Halevi Spero
• 5.2 Assumptions About Pastoral Care, Spirituality and Mental Health
  Peter J. Verhagen & Adamantios G. Avgoustidis
• 5.3 Coming to Terms with Loss in Schizophrenia – The Search for Meaning
  Hanneke (J.K.) Muthert

PART 6 CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES: RELIGION AND THE BRAIN

• Introduction
• 6.1 The Limits of Scientific Understanding and their Relevance for the Role of Religion in Psychiatry
  Robert H. Belmaker
• 6.2 Seat of the Divine: A Biological ‘Proof of God’s Existence’?
  Herman M. van Praag
• 6.3 Neuro-Theology: Demasqué of Religions
  Dick F. Swaab & Wilma T.P. Verweij

PART 7 TRAINING ISSUES: RESIDENCY TRAINING AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATION

• Introduction
• 7.1 Religion and the Training of Psychotherapists
  Allan M. Josephson, John R. Peteet & Allan Tasman
• 7.2 Multicultural Education and Training in Religion and Spirituality
  Peter J. Verhagen & John L. Cox
• Epilogue: Proposal for a World Psychiatric Association Consensus or Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry
  Peter J. Verhagen & Christopher C.H. Cook

Notes on Contributors

Index of Names

Index of Subjects