Religion and Mental Health: Should They Work Together?

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Larson, David B ^a   Greenwold Milano, Mary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902560164     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.1996.2.91     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. National Academy of Sciences. Science and Creationism: A View From the National Academy of Sciences, 1984.
2. Aldridge, D. Does evidence exist for spiritual healing? Advances: The fournai of Mind-Body Health 9(4):4–21, 1993.
3. Dossey, L. Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine. San Francisco, HarperCollins, 1993.
4. Larson, D. B., Larson, S. S. The Forgotten Factor in Physical and Mental Health: What Does the Research Show? Rockville, MD: The National Institute for Healthcare Research, 1994.
5. Chandy, J. C. Faith, hope, and love in medicine. Pharos 51:12–17, 1988.
6. McKee, D. D., Chappel, N. Spirituality and medical practice. J Fam Pract 35:201–208, 1992.
7. Stommen, M. P. Psychology's blind spot: A religious faith. William James Award Acceptance Speech. Presented by Division 36, American Psychological Association, August 1983.
8. Shafranske, E. P., Malony, H. N. Clinical psychologists' religious and spiritual orientations and their practice of psychotherapy. Psychotherapy 27(1):72–78, 1990.
9. Lannert, J. Countertransference and spirituality. J Humanistic Psychol 31:68–76, 1991.
10. Larson, D. B., Pattison, E. M., Blazer, D. G., et al. Systematic analysis of research on religious variables in four major psychiatric journals: 1978–1982. Am J Psychiatry 143:3, 1986.
11. Freud, S. Civilization and its discontents. In: Strachey, J. (ed.), The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Vol. 20. London: Hogarth, 1959.
12. Group for Advancement of Psychiatry. Mysticism: Spiritual Quest or Mental Disorder. New York: self-published, 1976.
13. Horton, P. C. The mystical experience: Substance of an illusion. Am Psychoanalytic Assoc J 22(1–2):364–380, 1974.
14. Mandel A. J. Toward a psychobiology of transcendence: God in the brain. In: Davidson, R. J., Davidson, J. M. (eds.), The Psychobiology of Consciousness. New York: Plenum, 1980.
15. Ellis, A. Is religiosity pathological? Free Inquiry (2):27–32, 1988.
16. Princeton Religious Research Center. Religion in America, 1993–1994. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Religious Research Center, 1994.
17. Bergin, A. E., Jensen, J. P. Religiosity of psychotherapists: A national study. Psychotherapy 27(1):3–7, 1990.
18. Bearon, L. B., Koenig, H. G. Religious cognitions and use of prayer in health and illness. The Gerontologist 30(2):249–253, 1990.
19. Sheehan, W., Kroll, J. Psychiatric patients' belief in general health factors and sin as causes of illness. Am f Psych 147:112–113, 1990.
20. King, D. E., Bushwick, B. Beliefs and attitudes of hospital patients about faith healing and prayer. J Fam Pract 39(4):349–352, 1994.
21. Maugans, T. A., Wadland, W. C. Religion and family medicine: A survey of physicians and patients. J Fam Pract 23(2):210–213, 1981.
22. Propst, L. R., Ostrom, R., Watkins, P., Dean, T., Mashburn, D. Comparative efficacy of religious and nonreligious cognitive-behavioral therapy for the treatment of clinical depression in religious individuals. J Consult Clinical Psych 60:94–103, 1992.
23. King, R. R. Evangelical Christians and professional counseling: A conflict of values. J Psychol Theol 6:276–281, 1978.
24. Richards, P. S., Davison, M. L. The effects of theistic and atheistic counselor values on client's trust: A multi-dimensional scaling analysis. Counseling and Values 33:109–120, 1989.
25. Keating, A. M., Fretz, B. R. Christians' anticipations about counselors in response to counselor descriptions. J Counseling Psychol 37:293–296, 1990.
26. Szasz, T. The Manufacturer of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement. New York: Harper and Row, 1970.
27. Henry, W. E., Simms, J. H., Spray, S. L. The Fifth Profession: Becoming a Psychotherapist. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1971.
28. Kelly, T. A., Strupp, H. H. Patient and therapist values in psychotherapy: Perceived changes, assimilation, similarity, and outcome. J Consult Clin Psych 60(1):34–40, 1992.
29. Larson, D. B., Sherrill, K. A., Lyons, J. S., et al. Associations between dimensions of religious commitment and mental health reported in American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry: 1978–1989. Am J Psych 149:557–559, 1992.
30. Hadaway, C. K., Roof, W. C. Religious commitment and the quality of life in American society. Rev Religious Research 19(3):295–307, 1978.
31. Poloma, M. M., Pendleton, B. F. Religious domains and general well being. Social Indicators Research 22:255–276, 1990.
32. Lindenthal, J. J., Myers, J. K., Pepper, M. K., Stern, M. S. Mental status and religious behavior. J Sci Study Relig 9:143–149, 1970.
33. Stark, R. Psychopathology and religious commitment. Rev Religious Research 12:165–176, 1971.
34. Williams, D. R., Larson, D. B., Buckler, R. E., et al. Religion and psychological distress in a community sample. Soc Sci Med 32:1257–1262, 1991.
35. Hertsgaard, D., Light, H. Anxiety, depression, and hostility in rural women. Psychol Reports 55:673–674, 1984.
36. Mayo, C. C., Puryear, H. P., Richeck, H. G. MMPI correlates of religiousness in late adolescent college students. J Nerv Merit Dis 149:381–385, 1969.
37. McClure, R. F., Loden, M. Religious activity, denomination membership, and life satisfaction. Psychology, A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior 19:13–17, 1982.
38. Gartner, J., Larson, D. B., Allen, G. D., et al. Religious commitment and mental health: A review of the empirical literature. J Psych and Theology 19:6–25, 1991.
39. Comstock, G. W., Partridge, K. B. Church attendance and health. J Chronic Dis 25:665–672, 1972.
40. Stack, S. The effect of the decline in institutionalized religion on suicide: 1954–1978. J Sci Study Relig 22:239–252, 1983.
41. Ellis, J. B., Smith, P. C. Spiritual well being, social desirability, and reasons for living: Is there a connection? Int J Soc Psychiatr 37(1):57–63, 1991.
42. Kurtz, E. Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 1979.
43. McCrady, B. S., Miller, W. R. Research on Alcoholics Anonymous: Opportunities and Alternatives. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for Alcohol Studies, 1993.
44. Nace, E. P. Alcoholics anonymous. In: Lowinson, J. H., Ruiz, P., Millman, R. B. (eds.), Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook, Second Edition. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1992, pp. 486–495.
45. Cancellaro, L. A., Larson, D. B., Wilson, W. P. Religious life of narcotics addicts. Southern Med J 75(10):1166–1168, 1982.
46. Desmond, D. P., Maddux, J. F. Religious programs and careers of chronic heroin users. Am J Drug Alcoh Abuse 8(1):71–83, 1981.
47. Hays, R. D., Stacy, A. W., Widaman, D. M. R., Downey, R. Multistage path models of adolescent alcohol and drug use: A reanalysis. J Drug Issues 16(3):357–369, 1986.
48. Oleckno, W. A., Blacconiere, M. A. Relationship of religiosity to Wellness and other health related behaviors and outcomes. Psych Reports 68:819–826, 1991.
49. Gorsuch, R. L., Butler, M. C. Initial drug abuse: A view of predisposing social psychological factors. Psych Bull 3:120–137, 1976.
50. Loch, B. R., Hughes, R. H. Religion and youth substance abuse. J Religion Health 24(3):197–208, 1985.
51. Koenig, H. G., George, L. K., Meador, K. G., Blazer, D. G., Ford, S. M. Religious practices and alcoholism in a Southern adult population. Hosp Comm Psych 45(3):225–231, 1994.
52. Larson, D. B., Wilson, W. P. Religious life of alcoholics. Southern Med J 73:723–727, 1980.
53. Cochran, J. K., Begley, L., Bock, E. W. Religiosity and alcohol behavior: An exploration of reference group therapy. Sociological Forum 3:256–276, 1988.
54. Amoateng, A. Y., Bahr, S. J. Religion, family, and adolescent drug use. Sociological Perspectives 29:53–73, 1986.
55. Andreasen, N. J. The role of religion in depression. J Religion Health 11:153–166, 1972.
56. Worthington, E. L., Jr. Religious counseling: A review of published empirical research. J Counsel Develop 64:421–431, 1986.
57. Chu, C., Klein, H. E. Psychological and environmental variables in outcome of black schizophrenics. J National Med Assoc 77:793–796, 1985.
58. Katkin, S., Zimmerman, V., Rosenthal, J., Ginsburg, M. Using volunteer therapists to reduce hospital readmissions. Hosp Comm Psych 26:151–153, 1975.
59. Elkins, D., Anchor, K. N., Sandler, H. M. Relaxation training and prayer behavior as tension reduction techniques. Behav Engineering 5:81–87, 1979.
60. Finney, J. R., Malony, H. N. An empirical study of contemplative prayer as an adjunct to psychotherapy. J Psychol Theol 13:284–290, 1985.
61. Griffith, E. E., Mahy, G. E., Young, J. L. Psychological benefits of spiritual Baptist “mourning,” II: An empirical assessment. Am J Psych 143:226–229, 1986.
62. Morris, P. A. The effect of pilgrimage on anxiety, depression, and religious attitude. Psychological Med 12:291–294, 1982.
63. American Psychiatric Association. Guidelines Regarding Possible Conflict Between Psy-chiatrists' Religious Commitments and Psychiatric Practice. Am J Psych 147:542, 1990.
64. Larson, D. B., Thielman, S. B., Greenwold, M. A., et al. Religious content in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Third Edition—Revised, Appendix C: The glossary of technical terms. Am J Psych 150:1884–1885, 1993.
65. Lukoff, D., Lu, F., Turner, R. Toward a more culturally sensitive DSM-IV: Psychoreli-gious and spiritual problems. J Nero Ment Dis 180(11):673–682, 1992.
66. Post, S. G. DSM-III-R and Religion. Soc Sci Med 35:81–90, 1992.
67. Richardson, J. T. Religiosity as deviance: Negative religious bias in and misuse of the DSM-III. Deviant Behav 14:1–21, 1993.