Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents -- Dedication -- List of Contributors -- Preface for the Classic Edition -- --Part I Introduction and History -- Chapter 1 Religion and Mental Heath -- Dinesh Bhugra -- Chapter 2 Religion and Psychiatry: Extending the Limits of Tolerance -- K.W.M. Fulford -- Chapter 3 Religion and Madness in History -- Maurice Lipsedge -- Part II Religions: East and West -- Chapter 4 Christianity and Psychiatry -- John Foskett -- Chapter 5 The Cracked Crucible: Judaism and Mental Health -- Howard Cooper -- Chapter 6 Psychosocial Factors and the Genesis of New African-American Religious Groups -- Ezra E.H. Griffith & Khalipha M. Bility -- Chapter 7 Hinduism and --Ayurveda: Implications for Managing Mental Health -- Dinesh Bhugra -- Chapter 8 Buddhist Psychology and Implications for Treatment -- Padmal de Silva -- Chapter 9 New Religions and Mental Health -- Eileen Barker -- Chapter 10 Islamic Communities and Mental Health -- Aziz Esmail -- Part III Psychopathology, Psychiatry and Religion -- Chapter 11 Psychiatry and Religion: A General Psychiatrists Perspective -- John L. Cox -- Chapter 12 The Neurophysiology of Religious Experience -- Peter Fenwick -- Chapter 13 Psychopathology, Emobodiment and Religious Innovation: An Historical Instance -- Roland Littlewood -- Chapter 14 Guilt, Religion and Ritual -- Tony Nayani & Dinesh Bhugra -- Chapter 15 Mental Illness or Life Crisis? A Christian Pastoral Counselling Contribution -- Mark Sutherland -- Chapter 16 Conclusions: Religion, Mental Illness and Mental Health - The Way Forward -- Dinesh Bhugra -- Index.

Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies works to eradicate the distinction between spiritual and psychological welfare and promote greater understanding of the relationship between the two. This book brings together chapters from fifteen mental health practitioners and pastoral workers to explore what their different philosophies have to offer the individuals in their care. As well as all the major world religions, the text also provides detailed information about newer religions and the significance of their belief systems for mental health management. The book examines the positive and negative effects that strict moral codes and religious rituals can produce and shows how awareness of these effects is crucial to the treatment of these patients. This classic edition of Psychiatry and Religion, with a new introduction from Dinesh Bhugra, will continue to provide an important resource to practicing and training psychiatrists.

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