Religion and coping in mental health care / / Joseph Pieper & Marinus van Uden.

• Superior document: International series in the psychology of religion ; 14
• Author: Pieper, Joseph, 1953-
• TeilnehmendeR: Uden, Marinus van.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International series in the psychology of religion ; 14.; UTP-katernen ; 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Notes: Collect. of texts publ. previously.

Joseph Pieper and Marinus van Uden have proposed a book consisting of previously published papers on the topics of religion, coping, and mental health care. It covers quite a bit of territory: the complex relationships between religion and mental health, surveys that present the views of therapists and patients about the interface between religion and mental health, a case study of a religious patient struggling with psychological problems, empirical studies of religious coping among various groups, and a method for teaching the clinical psychology of religion. Although the papers are diverse, they are unified by several themes. First, the papers convey a balanced approach to religion and psychology. They speak to the potentially positive and negative contributions religion can make to health and well-being. Second, several of the papers focus on the role of religious coping among patients in the Netherlands. This focus is noteworthy since the large majority of this theory and research has been limited to the USA. Third, they underscore the value of a cross-cultural approach to the field. Their surveys point to the importance of religious/worldview perspectives to many patients (and therapists) in the Netherlands, even though the culture is more secularised than the USA. However, their papers also suggest that the manifestation of these religious/worldview perspectives may take different shape in the Netherlands. Fourth, the papers have clinical relevance. The case history of the obsessive-compulsive patient by Van Uden (ch. 4) contains an excellent example of the way in which religious resources can be accessed to counter dysfunctional behaviours. This volume shows initial effort in a newly emerging area of study. It is encouraging to see a significant body of research and practice on the psychology of religion and coping coming out of the Netherlands. It could stimulate further advances in a more cross-culturally sensitive, clinical psychology of religion. - Kenneth Pargament, Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University in Ohio, USA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1: Mental Health and Religion: A Complex Relationship -- Ch. 2: Religion in Mental Health Care: Patients' Views -- Ch. 3: Religion in Mental Health Care: Psychotherapists' Views -- Ch. 4: Psychotherapy and Religious Problems: Illustration by Means of a Case History -- Ch. 5: Religious Coping in Two Samples of Psychiatric Inpatients -- Ch. 6: "When I Find Myself in Times of Trouble ...": Pargament's Religious Coping Scales in the Netherlands -- Ch. 7: "Bridge over Troubled Water": Further Results Regarding The Receptive Coping Scale -- Ch. 8: Clinical Psychology of Religion. A Training Model -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- About the authors.