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Handbook of Religion and Health

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ISBN-10: 0195335953

ISBN-13: 9780195335958

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Harold Koenig, Dana King, Verna B. Carson

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $245.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1040
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.96" long x 2.22" tall
Weight: 4.4
Language: English

Harold G. Koenig, M.D.,is the Director of Duke University's Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health. He is also Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Koenig is the author of fourteen books and over 175 articles for a professional audience. This is his first book for the general public. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

Dana King has worked as a musician, public school teacher, adult trainer, and information systems analyst. His short story, “Green Gables,” was published in the anthology Blood, Guts, and Whiskey, edited by Todd Robinson. Other short fiction has appeared in New Mystery Reader, A Twist of Noir, Mysterical-E, and Powder Burn Flash. He lives in Maryland with his Beloved Spouse, where he pays the bills by working as a consultant at an undisclosed location. It’s not one of those, “he’d tell you, but then he’d have to kill you” deals. He’s just not going to tell you. Worst Enemies is his second published novel.

About the Authors
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Background
A History of Religion, Medicine, and Health Care
Definitions
Debating Religion's Effects on Health
Religion: Good or Bad?
Coping with Stress
Religion and Coping
Research on Religion and Mental Health
Well-Being and Positive Emotions
Depression
Suicide
Anxiety Disorders
Psychotic Disorders
Alcohol and Drug Use
Delinquency and Crime
Marital Instability
Personality and Personality Disorder
Understanding Religion's Effects on Mental Health
Research on Religion and Physical Health
Heart Disease
Hypertension
Cerebrovascular Disease
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
Immune Functions
Endocrine Functions
Cancer
Mortality
Physical Disability
Pain and Somatic Symptoms
Health Behaviors
Disease Prevention
Understanding the Religion-Physical Health Relationship
Psychological, Social, and Behavioral Pathways
Conclusions
Appendix Studies on Religion and Health (By Health Outcome)
References
Index