Spirituality and Mental Health Across Cultures

ISBN-13: 9780198846833 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 496 str.

Alexander Moreira-Almeida; Bruno Paz Mosqueiro; Dinesh Bhugra

Recenzje

As the book concludes, we need to be able to deal with all forms of faith and the important roles it plays in human existence. If we're prepared to do this (and this book is a good contribution) we may be able develop religion into another useful tool in psychology's toolbox.

O autorze

Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, founder and director of NUPES, the Research Center in Spirituality and Health, at the School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil. Chair of and coordinator of the section on spirituality of the Brazilian Psychiatric Association. Chair of the Sections on Spirituality of the Latin American (APAL) and the Brazilian (ABP) Psychiatric Associations. Former chair of the WPA (World Psychiatric Association) Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry (2014-17 and 2017-2020) where he coordinated the proposal and approval of the WPA Position Statement on Spirituality and Religion in Psychiatry that has been translated into Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Chinese, Hindi, and Arabic. Bruno Paz Mosqueiro is a Psychiatrist at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil Professor Dinesh Bhugra is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at King's College, London. He was Dean (Lead Educational Officer) of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2003-2008) and then President of the Royal College (2008-2011). He was Vice-Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges with remit for education for doctors of all grades and specialities. During this period he led on College's campaign for Fair Deal for people with mental illness. He established strategy for public mental health. As President of the BMA (2018-2019) he led on a large survey of mental health and well-being of medical students globally, a campaign for equity between physical and mental health and Medicine's social contract.