Handbook of religion and health
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Handbook of religion and health
Oxford University Press, c2012
2nd ed
- : [hardcover]
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 965-1135) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Handbook of Religion and Health has become the seminal research text on religion, spirituality, and health, outlining a rational argument for the connection between religion and health. The Second Edition completely revises and updates the first edition. Its authors are physicians: a psychiatrist and geriatrician, a primary care physician, and a psychiatrist and theologian, all with advanced degrees in epidemiology and public health.
The Second Edition surveys the historical connections between religion and health and grapples with the distinction between the terms ''religion'' and ''spirituality'' in research and clinical practice. It reviews research on religion and mental health, as well as extensive research literature on the mind-body relationship, and develops a model to explain how religious involvement may impact physical health through the mind-body mechanisms. It also explores the direct relationships between
religion and physical health, covering such topics as immune and endocrine function, heart disease, hypertension and stroke, neurological disorders, cancer, and infectious diseases; and examines the consequences of illness including chronic pain, disability, and quality of life.
Finally, the Handbook reviews research methods and addresses applications to clinical practice. Theological perspectives are interwoven throughout the chapters. The Handbook is the most insightful and authoritative resource available to anyone who wants to understand the relationship between religion and health.
Table of Contents
- 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 and positive emotions
- 7. Depression
- 8. Suicide
- 9. Anxiety disorders
- 10. Psychotic disorders
- 11. Alcohol and drug use
- 12. Delinquency and crime
- 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 fuctions
- 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
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