| Description |
xii, 712 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-687) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Historical context -- 1. Definitions -- 2. A history of religion, science and medicine : historical timeline -- pt. 2. Debating religion's effects on health -- 3. Religion's positive effects -- 4. Religion's negative effects -- 5. Religious coping : the patient's experience -- pt. 3. Research on religion and mental health -- 6. Well-being -- 7. Depression -- 8. Suicide -- 9. Anxiety disorders -- 10. Schizophrenia and other psychoses -- 11. Alcohol and drug use -- 12. Delinquency -- 13. Marital instability -- 14. Personality -- 15. Understanding religion's effects on mental health -- pt. 4. Research on religion and physical disorders -- 16. Heart disease -- 17. Hypertension -- 18. Cerebrovascular diseases and the brain -- 19. Immune system dysfunction -- 20. Cancer -- 21. Mortality -- 22. Religion and disability -- 23. Pain and other somatic symptoms -- 24. Health behaviors -- 25. Understanding religion's effects on physical health -- pt. 5. Religion and use of health services -- 26. Disease prevention, disease detection, and treatment compliance -- 27. Use of general medical and mental health services -- 28. Understanding religion's effects on health service use -- pt. 6. Clinical applications -- 29. Health professionals -- 30. Religious professionals -- pt. 7. Priorities for future research -- 31. Areas of research that need further study --32. Research methods -- 33. Measurement tools -- pt. 8. Studies on religion and health by health outcome -- 34. The studies (earliest to 2000). |
| Summary |
"This handbook reviews and discusses the extensive research on the relationships between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancer, and immune system dysfunction, along with health destructive behaviors such as smoking, substance abuse, and risky sexual activity. This research review is both critical and comprehensive, encompassing a huge corpus of published and unpublished research conducted between 1900 and 2000. Both positive and negative effects on health throughout the lifespan from childhood to old age are examined and discussed." "Offering the only comprehensive examination of the research in this burgeoning field, this groundbreaking work lays the foundation for research, clinical practice, and collaboration between religious and health professionals in the twenty-first century."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Health -- Religious aspects.
|
|
Medicine -- Religious aspects.
|
|
Religion and Medicine. (DNLM)D012068
|
|
Medicine -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01015038
|
|
Health -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00952772
|
|
Gesundheit. (DE-588)4020754-7
|
|
Gesundheitsverhalten. (DE-588)4020774-2
|
|
Krankheitsverhalten. (DE-588)4032850-8
|
|
Religiosität. (DE-588)4049428-7
|
|
Gezondheid.
|
|
Religieuze aspecten.
|
|
Gesundheit.
|
|
Religiosität.
|
|
Gesundheitsverhalten.
|
|
Krankheitsverhalten.
|
| Genre/Form |
Review. (DNLM)D016454
|
|
Handbooks and manuals. http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423877
|
|
Handbooks and manuals. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026109
|
| Added Author |
McCullough, Michael E.
|
|
Larson, David B., 1947-2002.
|
| ISBN |
0195118669 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
|
9780195118667 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
|
