| Description |
1 online resource (x, 162 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-163) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction; 2. Schizophrenia; 3. Manic disorder; 4. Depression; 5. Anxiety; 6. Somatization; 7. Dissociation; 8. Positive states; 9. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Are religious practices involving seeing visions and speaking in tongues beneficial or detrimental to mental health? Do some cultures express distress in bodily form because they lack the linguistic categories to express distress psychologically? Do some religions encourage clinical levels of obsessional behaviour? And are religious people happier than others? By merging the growing information on religion and mental health with that on culture and mental health, Kate Loewenthal enables fresh perspectives on these questions. This book deals with different psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, manic disorders, depression, anxiety, somatization and dissociation as well as positive states of mind, and analyses the religious and cultural influences on each."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mental health -- Religious aspects.
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Mental health -- Religious aspects. |
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Religion and culture.
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Religion and culture. |
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Psychology and religion.
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Psychology and religion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Loewenthal, Kate Miriam. Religion, culture and mental health. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521850231 9780521850230 (OCoLC)84386531 |
| ISBN |
9780511261183 (electronic book) |
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0511261187 (electronic book) |
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