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Book Synopsis Religious and Spiritual Issues in Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Research Agenda for DSM-V gathers for the first time the collective contributions of the prominent clinicians and researchers who participated in the 2006 Corresponding Committee on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry of the American Psychiatric Association.
Trade ReviewIn general the chapters are well written, focused, and easy to read.
-- Brick Johnstone * PsycCRITIQUES *
This book is an essential introduction to religious and spiritual issues as they relate to psychiatric diagnosis. Every resident and psychiatrist should be aware of these issues, demonstrate the clinical competency to address them, and receive continuing education in relevant topics pertaining to them.
-- Frederick J. Stoddard, M.D., * The American Journal of Psychiatry *
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Spirituality and depression: a background for the development of DSM-V. Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Substance use disorders and spirituality. Religious and spiritual issues in anxiety disorders and adjustment disorders. Religion and spirituality in the description of posttraumatic stress disorder. Spiritual and religious perspectives on child and adolescent psychopathology. Religious and spiritual issues in personality disorders. DSM-IV religious and spiritual problems. Religious and spiritual issues in the outline for cultural formulation. Mapping the logical geography of delusion and spiritual experience: a linguistic-analytic research agenda covering problems, methods, and outputs. Index.
