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Religion, culture, and mental health / Kate Loewenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loewenthal, Kate Miriam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental Disorders--psychology.
- Culture.
- Religion and Psychology.
- Mental health--Religious aspects.
- Mental health.
- Religion and culture.
- Psychology and religion.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mental Disorders--psychology.
- Culture.
- Religion and Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- x, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Note about 'G-d' x
- Some questions 1
- Definitions of culture, religion and mental health 4
- How does culture affect the relations between religion and mental health? 9
- 2 Schizophrenia 11
- Definitions and symptoms, and an overview of causes and relations with religion 11
- Visions, voices, delusions and schizophrenia 15
- Spirit possession, demons 24
- Afro-Caribbean schizophrenia? 34
- Diagnostic issues 39
- 3 Manic disorder 49
- Definitions and causes of manic disorder 49
- Religious factors and manic disorders 50
- 4 Depression 55
- Definitions, symptoms, causes and relations with religion 55
- Religious coping beliefs 60
- Some gender issues: women, religion and depression 67
- 5 Anxiety 74
- Definitions, symptoms and causes 74
- The overall anxiety-lowering and anxiety-heightening effects of religion 76
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder and religion 81
- Are religious people seen as more anxious? 85
- 6 Somatisation 87
- Definitions, symptoms and causes 87
- Between-group variations in somatic and psychological symptoms 88
- Explanations of these variations 96
- 7 Dissociation 105
- Definitions and causes of dissociation and dissociative personality disorder 105
- Religious factors in relation to dissociative states and tendencies 107
- Religious factors in relation to dissociative personality disorder 110
- Religious possession and trance states: are they dissociative? 118
- 8 Positive states 125
- Religion and positive mood: definitions and associations 125
- Purpose in life, and hope 127
- Forgiveness 132
- Authentic happiness 136.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-163) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521850231
- 9780521850230
- OCLC:
- 84386531
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