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Zusatztext Not only researchers! but all concerned about health! should be grateful for the wealth of information this volume provides to support better research in the future. Informationen zum Autor Harold G. Koenig is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and assiciate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, and is a distinguished adjunct professor at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is director of Duke University's Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health in Durham, North Carolina. Dana E. King is professor of family medicine and vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Verna Benner Carson is associate professor of nursing at Towson University in Fallston, Maryland. Klappentext 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! authored by three physicians! has been completely updated and revised. Zusammenfassung 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, authored by three physicians, has been completely updated and revised. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword (Linda George); Preface (Jeff Levin); Introduction; I. Background; 1. A history of religion! medicine! and health care; 2. Definitions; II. Debating religion's effects on health; 3. Religion: good or bad?; 4. Coping with stress; 5. Religion and coping; III. Research on religion and mental health; 6. Well-being; 7. Depression; 8. Suicide; 9. Anxiety; 10. Psychotic disorders; 11. Alcohol and drug use; 12. Delinquency; 13. Marital instability; 14. Personality and personality disorder; 15. Understanding religion's effects on mental health; IV. Research on religion and physical health; 16. Heart disease; 17. Hypertension; 18. Cerebrovascular disease; 19. Alzheimer's disease and dementia; 20. Immune system; 21. Endocrine system; 22. Cancer 23. Mortality 24. Physical disability 25. Pain and somatic symptoms; 26. Health behaviors; 27. Disease prevention; V. Understanding the religion-physical health relationship; 28. Psychological! social! and behavioral pathways; 29. Conclusions; Appendix. Studies on religion and health (by health outcome); References; Index ...
