| Description |
293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
International series in the psychology of religion ; 4 |
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International series in the psychology of religion ; 4.
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| Contents |
Methodological perspectives on psychopathology and religion: a historical review / J.A. Belzen -- Mental health and religion: a complex relationship / M.H.F. van Uden & J.Z.T. Pieper -- The psychological explanation of religion as wish-fulfillment. A test-case: the belief in immortality / Jozef Corveleyn -- Religion as psychopathology: exploring a metaphor / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Religion as transgression: psychological mechanisms involved in religion and mental illness / Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska -- Religion as a meaning system: a conceptual model for research and counseling / Jan van der Lans -- Religion, mental health and the law: assessing the "cult controversy" / James T. Richardson -- A model of sequential development of religious orientation as a criterion on mental health / Pawel Socha -- An experimental perspective on religion as a therapeutic resource / L.B. Brown -- Religious contributions to the process of coping with stress / Kenneth I. Pargament -- Religious visions in contemporary Sweden / Antoon Geels -- Religious orientation, religious activity and mental health / Eystein Kaldestad -- A religiosity scale based on quest theory-development and application to the mental health problem / Hans Stifoss-Hanssen and K. Gunnar Götestam -- The role of religious values in functioning and mental health / Dorota Kubacka-Jasiecka, Roman Dorczak, Malgorzarta Opoczynska -- How counselors can help people become more spiritual through religious assessment / H. Newton Malony -- Psychosis and religion / Nils G. Holm and Pertti Järvinen -- Two cases of "loss of faith" in depressed female patients and some questions concerning theoretical and clinical validity / Gustaf Ståhlberg -- Religious involvement and mental health: a case of depression / Krzysztof Cieslak. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Psychology, Religious.
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Psychology and religion.
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Adjustment (Psychology)
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Mental health -- Religious aspects.
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| Added Author |
Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Halina.
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Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin.
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| ISBN |
9051836260 |
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