Spirituality and Narrative in Psychiatric Practice
Published on 18. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-1-909726-45-1 (ISBN)
Description
Spiritual issues still raise ethical and professional dilemmas in mental healthcare. This text use narrative excerpts and case illustrations to explore the importance and challenge of spirituality in clinical psychiatric practice and show how spiritual concerns can be included in a range of psychiatric treatment options.
Reviews / Votes
"A fascinating book. ...Demonstrates powerfully that storytelling is central to psychiatric practice, as indeed it is arguably to areas of medical practice. ...I highly commend this book to all, including patients who may well find it helpful." - Chrism (The Journal of the Guild of Health & St Raphael)More details
Edition
UK edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909726-45-1 (9781909726451)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
About the editors:
Professor Christopher C.H. Cook - Professor of Spirituality, Theology & Health, Durham University and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Andrew Powell - Former Consultant Psychotherapist at Warneford Hospital, Oxford and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Oxford.
Professor Andrew Sims - Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Leeds.
Professor Christopher C.H. Cook - Professor of Spirituality, Theology & Health, Durham University and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Andrew Powell - Former Consultant Psychotherapist at Warneford Hospital, Oxford and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Oxford.
Professor Andrew Sims - Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Leeds.
Content
Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Narrative in psychiatry, theology and spirituality; 2. Spirituality and transcultural narratives; 3. Psychopathology and the clinical story; 4. Helping patients tell their story: narratives of body, mind and soul; 5. Gods lost and found: spiritual coping in clinical practice; 6. Stories of joy and sorrow: spirituality and affective disorder; 7. Stories of fear: spirituality and anxiety disorders; 8. Stories of transgression: narrative therapy with offenders; 9. Narratives of transformation in psychosis; 10. My story: a spiritual narrative; 11. God's story revealed in the human story; 12. Meaning without 'believing': attachment theory, mentalisation and the spiritual dimension of analytical psychotherapy; 13. Stories of living with loss: spirituality and ageing; 14. Beginnings and endings.