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- Spirituality and Psychiatry
- Spirituality and Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgements
- The Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: A Personal Reflection
- Chapter 1 Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Spiritual Assessment
- Chapter 3 Psychosis
- Chapter 4 Suicide
- Chapter 5 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Chapter 6 Psychotherapy
- Chapter 7 Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 8 Substance Misuse and Addiction
- Chapter 9 Common Mental Disorders
- Chapter 10 Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 11 Meditation, Prayer and Healing
- Chapter 12 Religion and Spirituality in the DSM and ICD
- Chapter 13 Spiritual Care in the NHS
- Chapter 14 Spiritual and Religious Interventions
- Chapter 15 The Patient Perspective
- Chapter 16 Religion and Religious Experience
- Chapter 17 Pathological Spirituality
- Chapter 18 Ageing
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 1 - Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2022
- Spirituality and Psychiatry
- Spirituality and Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgements
- The Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: A Personal Reflection
- Chapter 1 Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Spiritual Assessment
- Chapter 3 Psychosis
- Chapter 4 Suicide
- Chapter 5 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Chapter 6 Psychotherapy
- Chapter 7 Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 8 Substance Misuse and Addiction
- Chapter 9 Common Mental Disorders
- Chapter 10 Forensic Psychiatry
- Chapter 11 Meditation, Prayer and Healing
- Chapter 12 Religion and Spirituality in the DSM and ICD
- Chapter 13 Spiritual Care in the NHS
- Chapter 14 Spiritual and Religious Interventions
- Chapter 15 The Patient Perspective
- Chapter 16 Religion and Religious Experience
- Chapter 17 Pathological Spirituality
- Chapter 18 Ageing
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
Historically, mental health care was provided within a religious context. As scientific approaches to the study of mind and brain developed from the seventeenth century onwards, the spiritual and religious elements of care became separated from the biological, psychological and social elements. The rift grew under the combined influences of biological reductionism, Darwinism, behaviourism and psychoanalysis. In the later twentieth century, a new wave of scientific research on spirituality and religion began to reverse this trend. Spirituality came to offer a more subjective and individualised approach to transcendence, which did not necessarily require religious affiliation. Psychiatrists have found a more positive place for spirituality in both clinical practice and research. This has been reflected internationally, in professional organisations, policy, debate and training. A growing evidence base demonstrates the positive benefits of spirituality/religion for mental health, and patient-centred care requires that spiritual/religious issues be addressed with sensitivity and respect.
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- Spirituality and Psychiatry , pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022