Handbook of Spirituality and Worldview in Clinical Practice Paperback – 15 August 2004
by Allan M. Josephson (Editor), John Peteet (Editor), John R. Josephson, Allan M. and Peteet (Author)
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This refreshing new work is a practical overview of religious and spiritual issues in psychiatric assessment and treatment. Eleven distinguished contributors assert that everyone has a worldview and that these religious and spiritual variables can be collaborative partners of science, bringing critical insight to assessment and healing to treatment. Unlike other works in this field, which focus primarily on spiritual experience, this clearly written volume focuses on the cognitive aspects of belief and mdash;and how personal worldview affects the behavior of both patient and clinician. Informative case vignettes and discussions illustrate how assessment, formulation, and treatment principles can be incorporated within different worldviews, including practical clinical information on major faith traditions and on atheist and agnostic worldviews.The book's four main sections give concise yet comprehensive coverage of varying aspects of worldview: Conceptual Foundation and mdash;The Introduction explains the significance of worldview and its context in the development of psychiatry; reviews misunderstandings about spirituality and worldview and how they can be resolved in contemporary practice; and discusses Freud's significant influence on psychiatry's approach to religion and spirituality. Clinical Foundations and mdash;Three chapters review how clinicians can integrate spiritual and religious perspectives in the basic clinical processes of assessment (gathering a religious or spiritual history); diagnosis and case formulation (including religious and spiritual factors); and treatment (including a review of ethical issues). Patients and Their Traditions and mdash;Six chapters discuss Catholic and Protestant Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, and secularists (atheists and agnostics), including a brief history, clinical implications of core beliefs, and variations of therapeutic encounters (both where patient and clinician share the same faith and where they do not) for each faith tradition. Worldview and Culture and mdash;A concluding chapter reviews issues of a global culture where faiths once rarely encountered in North America are increasingly seen in clinical practice. This well-organized text sheds much-needed light on an area too often obscure to many clinicians, fostering a balanced integration of religion and spirituality in mental health training and practice. Bridging several disciplines in a novel way, this thought-provoking volume will find a diverse audience among mental health care students, educators, and professionals everywhere who seek to better integrate the religious and spiritual aspects of their patients' lives into assessment and treatment.
192 pages
Language
English
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication date
15 August 2004
Review
This book could not have appeared ten years ago -- it is a tribute to progress in the field of spirituality and health that it appears now.... The volume should enable clinicians to adopt a more sympathetic approach to their patients' worldviews, especially if they differ from their own, but a greater self-awareness on the part of the physician is no less important.
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This work is a practical overview of religious and spiritual issues in psychiatric assessment and treatment. Eleven distinguished contributors assert that everyone has a worldview and that these religious and spiritual variables can be collaborative partners of science, bringing critical insight to assessment and healing to treatment.
Unlike other works in this field, which focus primarily on spiritual experience, this clearly written volume focuses on the cognitive aspects of belief--and how personal worldview affects the behavior of both patient and clinician. Informative case vignettes and discussions illustrate how assessment, formulation, and treatment principles can be applied within the different faith traditions of Catholic and Protestant Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, and secularists (atheists and agnostics).
This refreshing text sheds much-needed light on an area too often obscure to many clinicians. Bridging several disciplines in a novel way, this thought-provoking volume will find a diverse audience among mental health care students, educators, and professionals everywhere who seek to better integrate the religious and spiritual aspects of their patients' lives into assessment and treatment.
About the Author
Allan M. Josephson, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, Bingham Child Guidance Center, Professor and Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
John R. Peteet, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Director, Psychiatry, Adult Psychosocial Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Attending Psychiatrist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Publisher : American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 1st edition (15 August 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 192 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stimulating handbook - the broad concept of worldview captures knowledge highly relevant for every psychotherapistReviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 27 April 2015
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The religious situation in Sweden is different from that prevailing in the US. Nevertheless I found this book very interesting in its emphasis upon the broader concept of Worldview. Recommended reading for psychotherapists!
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[edited by] Allan M. Josephson, John R. Peteet.—1st ed.p.
Contents
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
PART I
Conceptual Foundation
1
Introduction: Definition and Significance of a Worldview . .3
Armand M. Nicholi Jr., M.D.
PART II
Clinical Foundations
2
Worldview in Psychiatric Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Allan M. Josephson, M.D.Irving S. Wiesner, M.D.
3
Worldview in Diagnosis and Case Formulation. . . . . . . . .31
Allan M. Josephson, M.D. John R. Peteet, M.D.
4
Therapeutic Implications of Worldview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
John R. Peteet, M.D.
PART III Patients and Their Traditions
5
Protestant Christians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Mark E. Servis, M.D.
6
Catholic Christians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Judith Moss Hughes, M.D.
7
Jews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
David Greenberg, M.A., M.B., B.Chir., M.R.C.Psych.Irving S. Wiesner, M.D.
8
Muslims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Yousef Abou-Allaban, M.D.
9
Hindus and Buddhists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Nalini V. Juthani, M.D.
10
Atheists and Agnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Syed Atezaz Saeed, M.D.Richard L. Grant, M.D.
PART IV
Worldview and Culture
11
Worldview in Global Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Samuel B. Thielman, M.D., Ph.D.
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
