Foreword (Linda George)
Preface (Jeff Levin)
Introduction
I. Background
1. A history of religion, medicine, and health care
2. Definitions
II. Debating religion's effects on health
3. Religion: good or bad?
4. Coping with stress
5. Religion and coping
III. Research on religion and mental health
6. Well-being
7. Depression
8. Suicide
9. Anxiety
10. Psychotic disorders
11. Alcohol and drug use
12. Delinquency
13. Marital instability
14. Personality and personality disorder
15. Understanding religion's effects on mental health
IV. Research on religion and physical health
16. Heart disease
17. Hypertension
18. Cerebrovascular disease
19. Alzheimer's disease and dementia
20. Immune system
21. Endocrine system
22. Cancer 23. Mortality 24. Physical disability 25. Pain and
somatic symptoms
26. Health behaviors
27. Disease prevention
V. Understanding the religion-physical health relationship
28. Psychological, social, and behavioral pathways
29. Conclusions
Appendix. Studies on religion and health (by health outcome)
References
Index
Harold G. Koenig completed his undergraduate education at Stanford
University, his medical school training at the University of
California at San Francisco, and his geriatric medicine,
psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University Medical
Center. He is board certified in general psychiatry, and is on the
faculty at Duke as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
and Associate Professor of Medicine. He is the director of Duke
University's Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health and is
Distinguished Adjunct Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia.
Dana E. King is Professor of Family Medicine at the Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, and is vice-chair of that
Department. He completed an academic fellowship at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master of Science degree in
Clinical Research at the Medical University of South Carolina. He
is widely published on spirituality and health including two books
and multiple peer-reviewed scientific articles. Dr. King is
currently the
Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Psychiatry in
Medicine.
Verna Benner Carson is Associate Professor of Psychiatric-Mental
Health Nursing at Towson University. Dr. Carson is also the
President of C&V Senior Care Specialists, a consulting firm
that offers clinical, operations and marketing support to those
involved in the care of persons with Alzheimer's disease as well as
those with psychiatric disorders. She has a master's degree in
psychiatric nursing and a PhD in human development. Dr. Carson
served as the National
Director of RESTORE Behavioral Health for nearly 15 years, after
serving on the faculty at the University of Maryland School of
Nursing. She is one of the world's leading nurse researchers in
spirituality and health, and is the
author of 16 books (including two editions of a book on parish
nursing).
"A classic in the 'Handbook' genre...The authoritative resource for
scholars working in the field of religion, spirituality, and
health."--Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Praise for the First Edition
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the use of health services against the background of the current
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but perhaps even more for those who doubt its significance. All
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meaningful
to a large number of patients might also be good for their
health."
-Journal of the American Medical Association
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Religion
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