Psychiatry and religion : the convergence of mind and spirit

Section I: Theoretical Principles and Historical Trends. The historical relationship between psychiatry and the major religions. Psychiatry and religion in cross-cultural context. Psychoanalysis and religion: current perspectives. A psychological perspective on cults. Section II: Treatment Issues at the Interface of Psychiatry and Religion. Psychiatric therapies influenced by religious movements. Moral and spiritual issues following traumatization. The role of clergy in mental health care. Section III: Looking Toward the Future. The worlds of religion and psychiatry: bioethics as arbiter of mutual respect. Religious and spiritual issues in psychiatric education and training. Religion and future psychiatric nosology and treatment. Index.