Mental Health and ReligionThe author explores religious behaviour and provides a guide for those helping the mentally ill. |
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... continue by observing that depression was not diagnosed in such patients because they do not complain of it by name , or mention guilt - both highly culture - bound values . Their main question is whether one culture's manners are ...
... continue by observing that depression was not diagnosed in such patients because they do not complain of it by name , or mention guilt - both highly culture - bound values . Their main question is whether one culture's manners are ...
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... continue throughout life . Our first example involves some dramatic religious and personal ups and downs , and is described by Greenberg , Witztum and Buchbinder ( 1992 ) . Greenberg and colleagues describe four men , Jewish Israelis ...
... continue throughout life . Our first example involves some dramatic religious and personal ups and downs , and is described by Greenberg , Witztum and Buchbinder ( 1992 ) . Greenberg and colleagues describe four men , Jewish Israelis ...
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... continue to give charity generously - ' I know you like to give ' , he said . None of this made sense to Mrs N. How could thanking God and giving charity help her , or heal her wounds ? But Mrs N. did find that it helped , and her ...
... continue to give charity generously - ' I know you like to give ' , he said . None of this made sense to Mrs N. How could thanking God and giving charity help her , or heal her wounds ? But Mrs N. did find that it helped , and her ...
Contents
Definitions of mental health and of religion | 7 |
A general framework for understanding some causes | 19 |
Communities where noone goes mad? | 44 |
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References to this book
Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies Dinesh Bhugra No preview available - 1997 |