Christianity and Psychiatry

John R. Peteet, M.D.Department of PsychiatryBrigham and Women’s HospitalBoston, MAUSAH. Steven Moffic, M.D.Private Practice of Pro Bono Community PsychiatryMilwaukee, WIUSAAhmed Hankir MBChB MRCPsychAcademic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience King’s College, LondonUKHarold G. Koenig, M.D.Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesAssociate Professor of MedicineDuke University Medical CenterDurham, NCUSA

• The Fraught History of Psychiatry and Christianity.- Mental Illness Stigma in Christian Communities.- Psychotic symptoms and spiritual phenomena.- Mood Disorders & Christianity.- Working with Christian Children and Families.- Trauma.- Understanding Moral Injury in Individuals: Current Models, Concepts, and Treatments.- Moral Injury in Christian Organizations: Sacred Moral Injury.- Christianity and Disability.- Miracles and Care at the End of Life.- Addiction and Twelve-Step Spirituality.- Models of integration of Christian worldview and psychiatry.- Christian Integrated Psychotherapy.- Models of Delivering Christian Psychiatric Care.- Clergy-Clinician Collaboration.- Principles and Practice in Educating Christians About Mental Health – A Primer.- Called to lead?.- Treating Christian Patients as a Non-Christian Psychiatrist.- A Jewish Psychiatrist’s Perspective.- Christianity from a British-Muslim Psychiatrist’s Perspective.- A Christian Psychiatrist’s Perspective.

“Clinicians will find the chapters addressing specific conditions found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, including mood disorders, psychosis, moral injury, and addiction. The book contains examples of partnerships between Christian congregations, seminaries, and educational institutions and mental health providers to help Christians come to more complex understandings of mental health, medicine, and faith. … This volume is a necessary addition to both medical and seminary libraries.” (Aaron Klink, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (3), September, 2023)