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  2. Religion and health - Wikipedia

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    Scholarly studies have investigated the effects of religion on health. The World Health Organization (WHO) discerns four dimensions of health, namely physical, social, mental, and spiritual health. [1] [2] Having a religious belief may have both positive and negative impacts on health and morbidity.

  3. Mental Health, Religion & Culture - Wikipedia

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    Mental Health, Religion and Culture is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge. It publishes original articles that deal with mental health in relation to religion and spirituality. The journal was established in 1998.

  4. Faith and Health - Wikipedia

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    The section also discusses how religious faith is related to mental health outcomes, such as well-being, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders. It concluded that "Most research examining the relationship between religion and spirituality and mental health outcomes shows positive associations."

  5. Handbook of Religion and Health - Wikipedia

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    Handbook of Religion and Health is a scholarly book about the relation of spirituality and religion with physical and mental health. Written by Harold G. Koenig, Michael E. McCullough, and David B. Larson, the first edition was published in the United States in 2001.

  6. Psychology of religion - Wikipedia

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    Although many researchers have brought evidence for a positive role that religion plays in health, others have shown that religious beliefs, practices, and experiences may be linked to mental illnesses of various kinds [101] (mood disorders, personality disorders, and psychiatric disorders). [101]

  7. Hyperreligiosity - Wikipedia

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    Hyperreligiosity (also known as extreme religiosity) is a psychiatric disturbance in which a person experiences intense religious beliefs or episodes that interfere with normal functioning. Hyperreligiosity generally includes abnormal beliefs and a focus on religious content or even atheistic content, [ 1 ] which interferes with work and social ...

  8. Religious trauma syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Of course any religious group can also have healthy teachings and healthy practices. [70] Rather than deciding whether religion in general is toxic or healthy, a more productive pursuit would be to study the mechanisms that cause damage. In 2019, the Religious Trauma Institute was founded by therapists Laura Anderson and Brian Peck. [71]

  9. The Psychology of Religion and Coping - Wikipedia

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    Mental health professionals, who traditionally have shunned religion in their own lives and in the lived experience of their clients, might be persuaded by Pargament's broadband approach to investigate how religion operates in the tales of coping and crisis they hear on a daily basis. (p. 368 [3]) She added that: