Publications

Books (recently released)

Andrew Sims Is Faith delusion? Why Religion is Good for Your Health. How, in a scientifically and technologically advanced age, can people still believe in God?

Andrew Sims, former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists was Professor of Psychiatry in the University of Leeds (UK). He examines both the connection and the division between Christian faith and psychiatry, arguing that, although they seem to represent different world-views, they have much to gain from one another (www.continuumbooks.com, 2009). Review

Table of Contents

1 'Psyche' means more than mind

2 What is Christian faith?

3 Why the warfare?

4 Psychiatry, science and faith

5 Can religion damage your health?

6 Delusion is a psychiatric term

7 The Intersection of Psychiatry and Belief

8 Inner and outer demons

9 Personality and personality disorder

10 Resolving the question

New book by the Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the RCP, London

Spirituality and Psychiatry. Edited by Chris Cook, Andrew Powell and Andrew Sims. RCPsych Publications, 2009.

New book by the WPA Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry

Psychiatry and Religion: Beyond Boundaries

Edited by Peter J. Verhagen, Herman M van Praag, Juan J. López-Ibor, John L. Cox and Driss Moussaoui. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Presentations on this site

Alan Apter Judaism and Suicide (2006)

Publications on this site

Haroon R. Chaudhry, Islamic history of psychiatry, and other abstracts (1985-2001)

C. Robert Cloninger, the well-known author of 'Feeling Good. The Science of Well-Being' (Oxford University Press, 2004), Fostering Spirituality and Well-Being in Clinical Practice (2006)

Marc Galanter, Healing through social and spiritual affiliation (2002)

Spirituality in alcoholics anonymous: A valuable adjunct to psychiatric services (2006)

Sylvia Mohr et al., Spirituality and religious practices among outpatients with schizophrenia and their clinicians (2006)

Mohammed Omar Salem, Heart, Mind and Spirit; Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry; Spiritual Support Group.

Links to publications elsewhere on the net

Marilyn Baetz et al., Canadian psychiatric inpatient religious commitment: an association with mental health (2002)

The Fetzer Institute, Multidimensional measurement of religiousness/spirituality for use in health research

Byron Johnson et al., Objective Hope: Assessing the effectiveness of faith-based organizations: a review of the literature (2001) (Manhattan Insitute Publications, MI)