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100	1		_aKate Loewenthal
245	1	0	_aReligion, Culture and Mental Health /
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2007.
300			_ax, 169 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aAre 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, somatisation and dissociation as well as positive states of mind, and analyses the religious and cultural influences on each.
505			_a1. Introduction 2. Schizophrenia 3. Manic disorder 4. Depression 5. Anxiety 6. Somatization 7. Dissociation 8. Positive states 9. Conclusion.
650		0	_aMental health
650		0	_aReligion and culture.
650		0	_aPsychology and religion.
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2007273694-d.html
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2007273694-t.html
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2007273694-b.html
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