LEADER 02543nam 2200577 450 001 9910459128303321 005 20170816124516.0 010 $a1-282-87381-4 010 $a9786612873812 010 $a1-4411-2921-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000056337 035 $a(EBL)601949 035 $a(OCoLC)676698417 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421152 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11296292 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421152 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10411910 035 $a(PQKB)10546718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309732 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000056337 100 $a20180316h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIs faith delusion? $ewhy religion is good for your health /$fAndrew Sims 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84706-340-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 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; Epilogue; Index 330 $aIs faith delusion? Is religion bad for your health? How, in a scientifically and technologically advanced age, can people still believe in God/spirit/'other'? Clearly not all believers are primitive and ill-educated; an alternative explanation is that they must be mad, or at least severely neurotic (as suggested by Freud). This book starts by looking at, and giving reasons for, the connection and the division between Christian faith and psychiatry. It asks whether science challenges Christians involved with psychiatry, as patients or professionals, and whether the spiritual needs of patients a 606 $aPsychiatry and religion 606 $aFaith 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPsychiatry and religion. 615 0$aFaith. 676 $a234.23 676 $a261.515 700 $aSims$b Andrew$093652 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459128303321 996 $aIs faith delusion$91919505 997 $aUNINA