Spiritism and Mental Health (eBook, ePUB)

Practices from Spiritist Centers and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil
Redaktion: Bragdon, Emma

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Produktbeschreibung

Practiced in community centers and psychiatric hospitals throughout Brazil, Spiritist therapies are gaining increasing recognition internationally for their ability to complement conventional medicine. This pioneering text is the first comprehensive account of the philosophy, theory, practical applications and wider relevance of Spiritist therapies to be published in the English language.

Leading practitioners and researchers in the field describe the history, principles and diagnostic processes of the Spiritist approach to mental health, and provide an extensive summary of the various methodologies used, including spiritual mediumship, energy work, prayer, homeopathy, past life regression and the practice of integrating spirituality into counselling and psychotherapy. Considering the ways in which Spiritism aligns with contemporary science, they show that the Spiritist model has the potential to bring about a positive transformation in the ways in which mental health care is conceptualized and delivered around the globe. The final part of the book explores how Spiritist centers and psychiatric hospitals are established and financed, with specific examples from Brazil and the USA.

Providing important new insights into the rich tradition of Brazilian Spiritism, this authoritative text will be of interest to mental health professionals, counselors, therapists and alternative and complementary health practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857010391
• Artikelnr.: 38241696

Autorenporträt

Edited by Emma Bragdon, PhD

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. James Lake
MD
Chair
International Network of Integrative Mental Health
Inc.
USA. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Emma Bragdon
PhD
Director of the Foundation for Energy Therapies
Vermont
USA. Part I: The Spiritist Understanding of Mental Health. 1. A Brief History of Spiritism. Emma Bragdon
PhD. 2. A Brief Overview of the Philosophy and Development of Spiritism's Methodologies. Alexander Moreira-Almeida
MD
PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Medical School of Juiz de Fora
University of São Paulo
Brazil. 3. The Spiritist View of Mental Disorders. Alexander Moreira-Almeida
MD
PhD. 4. The Relationship of Mediumship to Mental Disorder. Marlene Nobre
MD
President
International Medical Spiritist Association; President
Brazilian Medical Spiritist Association; President
Cairbar Schutel Spiritist School
and President of "Lar do Alvorecer" Day Care Centre
São Paulo
Brazil. 5. Case Studies of Those with Serious Diagnoses. Emma Bragdon
PhD. Part II: Spiritist Treatments: Practice. 6. Three Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals. A. The Spiritist Hospital André Luiz. Roberto Lucio Viera de Souza
MD
Director
Spiritist Hospital André Luiz
Belo Horizonte
Brazil
and Jaider Rodrigues e Paulo
MD
Psychiatrist
Spiritist Hospital André Luiz
Belo Horizonte
Brazil. B. The Spiritist Psychiatric Hospital of Porto Alegre. Emma Bragdon
PhD. C. João Evangelista Hospital. Candido Pinto Vallada
MD
Vice President
Council of Directors and General Coorindator
Spirituality and Mental Health Integration Program
Hospital João Evangelista
São Paulo
Brazil
Camilla Casaletti Braghetta
MA
Occupational Therapist
HOJE
São Paulo
Brazil
Giancarlo Lucchetti
MD
Research Executive Coordinator
Spirituality and Mental Health Integration Program
Hospital João Evangelista
São Paulo
Brazil
Frederico Camelo Leão
MD
CEO
Hospital João Evangelista
Sao Paulo
Brazil
and Homero Vallada
MD
President
Council of Directors at the Hospital João Evangelista
São Paulo
Brazil and Associate Professor
the University of São Paulo Medical School. 7. Magnetic Healing
Prayer
and Energy Passes. Gilson Roberto
MD
Medical Director
Spiritist Psychiatric Hospital of Porto Alegre
Brazil. 8. Psychotherapy and Reincarnation: A Necessary and Fruitful Encounter. Julio Peres
PsyD
PhD
Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at the Program for Health
Spirituality and Religiosity
Psychiatry Institute
University of São Paulo School of Medicine
São Paulo
Brazil. 9. The Group Field. Emma Bragdon
PhD. 10. Spiritual Counseling and Fellowship in Spiritist Centers. Carlos Appel
MD
General Practitioner
Porto Alegre
Brazil
and Tania Appel
MA
medium and leader
Casa de Dom Inácio
Abadiânia
Brazil. 11. Jung
Spirits
and Madness: Lessons for Cultural Psychiatry. Joan Koss-Chioino
PhD
Professor Emerita
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
USA. 12. The Practice of Integrating Spirituality into Psychotherapy. Mario Sergio Silveira
PhD
Administrator
Hospital Bom Retiro
Curitibia
Brazil. 13. When Medical Doctors Are Mediums. Gilson Roberto
MD. Part III: Current Science
Psychotherapy
and Spiritism. 14. A Science of Understanding the Mind: The Next Great Scientific Revolution. Alan Wallace
PhD
President
Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies
California
USA. 15. Spirit Attachment and Health. Alan Sanderson
MD
President of the Spirit Release Foundation
London
UK. 16. Soul-Centered Psychotherapy. Andrew Powell
MD
Founding Chair
Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group
Royal College of Psychiatrists
UK. 17. Current Research on Survival of Consciousness and Mediumship. Linda Russek
PhD
Director
Heart Science Foundation
Arizona
USA. 18. The Power of "Magnetized" Water. Beverly Rubik
PhD
Director
Institute for Frontier Science
California
USA. 19. The Positive Potential of Dissociative States of Consciousness. Melvin Morse
MD
pediatrician
researcher
and author. 20. Compassionate Intention as a Therapeutic Intervention by Partners of Cancer Patients: Effects of Distant Intention on the Patients' Autonomic Nervous System. Dean Radin
PhD
Senior Scientist
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Sonoma State University
California
USA
Jerome Stone
MA
RN
Ellen Levine
PhD
Shahram Eskandarnejad
MD
Marilyn Schlitz
PhD
Leila Kozak
PhD
Dorothy Mandel
PhD
and Gail Hayssen. 21. The Pineal Gland and Its Influence on Body-Mind-Soul Integration. Decio Iandoli
Jr.
MD
PhD
Professor of Medicine
UNIDERP
Mato Grosso do Sul
Brazil. Part IV: The International Impact of Spiritism. 22. What Spiritist Centers Offer Outside of Brazil. Janet Duncan
founding member
the International Spiritist Council
and former President of the British Union of Spiritist Societies (BUSS). 23. Contributions of Brazilian Spiritist Treatments to the Global Improvement of Mental Health Care. Stanley Krippner
PhD
Professor of Psychology
Saybrook University
San Francisco
USA
and Emma Bragdon
PhD. Part V: Education and Research. 24. Training Mediums Who Treat Psychiatric Patients. Gerald Magnan
past supervisor of the Department of Spiritual Assistance
the Spiritist Psychiatric Hospital of Porto Alegre
Brazil. 25. Teaching Health Professionals How to Support Personal Transformation in Patients. Gelson Roberto
Psychologist
and advisor to the Spiritist Psychiatric Hospital of Porto Alegre
Brazil. 26. Researching the Invisible: Entangled Minds
Psychiatry
and Psychology. William Braud
PhD
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Palo Alto
California
USA. The Contributors. Appendix I: Further Reading and Viewing. Appendix II: Organizations Supporting the Integration of Spirituality and Psychiatry. Appendix III: Research. Glossary. References. Index.