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Written by experts in the field of psychiatry
The first book on clinical mental health at the interface of Christianity
Explores the multifaceted relationship between Christianity and the practice of psychiatry
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book aims to help readers appreciate the many-faceted relationship between Christianity, one of the world’s major faith traditions, and the practice of psychiatry. Chapter authors in this book first consider challenges posed by historical antagonisms, church-based mental health stigma, and controversy over phenomena such as hearing voices. Next, others explore both how Christians often experience conditions such as mood and psychotic disorders, disorders in children and adolescents, moral injury and PTSD, and ways that their faith can serve as a resource in their healing. Twelve Step spirituality, originally informed by Christianity, is the subject of a chapter, as are issues raised for Christians by disability, death and dying. A set of chapters then focuses on the state of integration of Christian beliefs and practices into psychotherapy, treatment delivery, educational programming, clergy/clinician collaboration, and treatment by a non-Christian psychiatrist. Finally, there are chapters by a mental health professional who has been a patient, a Jewish psychiatrist, a Muslim psychiatrist knowledgeable about Christianity and psychiatry in the Muslim majority world, and a Christian psychiatrist. These chapters provide context, diversity and personal perspectives.
Christianity and Psychiatry is a valuable resource for mental health professionals seeking to understand and address the particular challenges that arise when caring for Christian patients.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
John R. Peteet
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Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
H. Steven Moffic
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, Strand, London, UK
Ahmed Hankir
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Medical Center, Durham, USA
Harold G. Koenig
About the editors
John R. Peteet, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
USA
H. Steven Moffic, M.D.
Private Practice of Pro Bono Community Psychiatry
Milwaukee, WIUSA
Ahmed Hankir MBChB MRCPsych
Academic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
King’s College, London
UK
Harold G. Koenig, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Christianity and Psychiatry
Editors: John R. Peteet, H. Steven Moffic, Ahmed Hankir, Harold G. Koenig
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80854-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80853-2Published: 03 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80854-9Published: 02 September 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 311
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Cognitive Psychology, Public Health