James L. Griffith

Religion That Heals, Religion That Harms (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide for Clinical Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From James L. Griffith, well known for his work on harnessing the healing potential of religion and spirituality, this book helps clinicians to intervene effectively in situations where religion is causing harm. Vivid examples illustrate how religious beliefs and practices may propel suicide, violence, self-neglect, or undue suffering in the face of medical or emotional challenges. Griffith also unravels the links between psychiatric illness and distorted religious experience. He demonstrates empathic, respectful ways to interview patients who disdain contact with mental health professionals, yet whose religious lives put themselves or others at risk. The book incorporates cutting-edge research on the psychology of religion and social neuroscience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781606238905
• Artikelnr.: 48028737

Autorenporträt

James L. Griffith, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology and Associate Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. He also is Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program and Director of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service at George Washington University Hospital. As an educator, Dr. Griffith has developed a program of psychiatric residency training that balances biological and psychosocial therapies in the treatment of patients within their family, community, and cultural contexts. Currently, he provides psychiatric treatment for immigrants, refugees, and survivors of political torture at Northern Virginia Family Services in Falls Church, Virginia. He is a recipient of the Human Rights Community Award from the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area, the Margaret B. and Cyril A. Schulman Distinguished Service Award from the George Washington University Medical Center, the Psychiatrist of the Year Award from the Washington Psychiatric Society, the Distinguished Teacher Award from the George Washington University School of Medicine,and, most recently, the Creative Scholarship Award from the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. When Religion Goes Bad: A Mental Health Problem? I. A Map for
Navigating the Terrain of Religion 1. What Sociobiology Explains about
Destructive Uses of Religion 2. What Neurobiology Explains about
Destructive Uses of Religion 3. Setting the Stage: Opening Dialogue about
Religious Life 4. Locating Personal Spirituality through Existential
Inquiry II. When Religious Life Propels Suffering 5. Seeking a Parent in
God: Clinical Problems from Insecure Attachments 6. Seeking Security within
the Flock: Clinical Problems from Social Hierarchy, Peer Affiliation, and
Reciprocal Altruism 7. Asserting Primacy of Personal Spirituality over
Sociobiological Religion 8. The Religious Who Protect Only Their Own:
Clinical Problems from Peer Affiliation, Kin Recognition, and Social
Exchange III. When Mental Illness Infiltrates Religious Life 9. Religion
That Is a Voice for Mental Illness 10. Dark Nights and Exaltation: Religion
Distorted by a Mood Disorder 11. Worlds Confused: Religion Disorganized by
Psychosis 12. Fear and Dread: Religion Shrunken by an Anxiety Disorder IV.
A Clinician's Stance 13. Finding a Place to Stand: Conversing with
Religiously Determined Patients

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