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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
About the Authors
Foreword by Linda George
Preface
Introduction
I. Background
1. A History of Religion, Medicine, and Health Care
2. Definitions
II. Debating Religion’s Effects on Health
3. Religion: Good or Bad?
4. Coping with Stress
5. Religion and Coping
III. Research on Religion and Mental Health
6. Well-Being and Positive Emotions
7. Depression
8. Suicide
9. Anxiety Disorders
10. Psychotic Disorders
11. Alcohol and Drug Use
12. Delinquency and Crime
13. Marital Instability
14. Personality and Personality Disorder
15. Understanding Religion’s Effects on Mental Health
IV. Research on Religion and Physical Health
16. Heart Disease
17. Hypertension
18. Cerebrovascular Disease
19. Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
20. Immune Functions
21. Endocrine Functions
22. Cancer
23. Mortality
24. Physical Disability
25. Pain and Somatic Symptoms
26. Health Behaviors
27. Disease Prevention
V. Understanding the Religion-Physical Health Relationship
28. Psychological, Social, and Behavioral Pathways
29. Conclusions
Appendix Studies on Religion and Health (By Health Outcome)
References
Index
Footnotes
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 7
Chapter 14
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 23
Chapter 29
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