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Religion and Mental Health: a Bibliography. INSTITUTION National Inst DOCUMENT RESUME ED 205 446 SO 013 522 AUTHOR Summerlin, Florence A., Comp. TITLE Religion and Mental Health: A Bibliography. INSTITUTION National Inst. on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, Md.: National Inst. on Drug Abuse (DHEW /PHSI , Rockville, Md. PUB DATE 90 NOT, 402p. AVATLABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 3overnment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (58.50). EDRS PRICE MF01/PC17 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies: Attitudes: Clergy: Deaths Drug Abuse: Marriage: *Menttl Health:'Older Adults: *Religion: Religious Education: Religious Factors: Suicide ABSTRACT This anro+kted bibliography cites journal articles, ' reports, and books on religion and mental health published since 1970. The listing is intended to help psychologists, psychiatrists, clergymen, social workers, teachers, doctors and other professionals respond to requests for information and advice in areas spanning the common around;between religion and mental health. The bibliography is organized-by +opical areas. These include: attitudes toward religion: the clergy (their careers, education and training, and personalities): death, suicide and bereavement: drug and alcohol use: eastern religious traditions: elderly: ethical and legal issues: interdisciplinary collaboration: marriage and family counseling: mental health ministry: theoretidal, theological and psychological issues of religion: mental health: religious education: religious experiences (altered states of consciousness, conversion and Pentecostal events): religious practices and rituals: sects and cults: sexology:, and social issues. A listing of nonprint resources is provided. The biblIoq7aphY concludes with subject and author indexes. (Author/RM). ********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************.* U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE NAVONALINSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEU FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION DR POLICY Religion and Mental Health A Bibliography Compiled by Florence A. Summerlin, Technical Information Specialist National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information Division of Scientific and Pubic Information U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration National Institute of Mental Health 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 FOREWORD research and religiousthought have Recent developmentsin both mental health the National collaboration among workersin these fields. We, at encouraged more those responsible forthe mentalweir-being Institute of MentalHealth, believe that persuasions, will benefit regardless of theirtheoretical or religious of individuals, between religion andmtental health. from an investigationof the interface through the computerizedinformation Results of this investigationart available Information. This National Clearinghousefor Mental Health retrieval service of the encouraging the studyof diverse phi- bibliography continues theInstitute's policy of of abstracts arrangedin 38 categories losophies and is acomprehensive compilation for reader access tomultiple areas of interest. of various schoolsfind this com- Not only will pastoralcounselors and therapists will serve the needsof all who areinterested pilation of use as areference tool, but it in the broad area ofreligion and mentalhea4h. the renewedcollaboration between We hope that thisbibliography will promote workers in both fields. Herbert Pardes, M.D. Director Preface In striving consciously and unconsciously for a certain wholenessor well-being, people have historically looked to psychology and religion, thetwo disciplines which address themselves specifically to the human yearning for happiness, comfort and integrity of action, thought and feeling. Over the years, the National Institute of Mental Health has beenaware of the growing need for more positive interaction between psychology and religion.In 1967, the Institute published an annotated bibliography of professional literatureon religion and mental health covering the period 1960-1964. Since 1970, approximately 1.,500 additional journal articles, reports and bookson the subject have appeared. Abstracts of these publications, compiled from the NIMH computerized database and cited in this bibliography are intended to enable psychologists, psychiatrists, clergymen, social workers, teachers, doctors and other professionalsto respond to requests for information and advice in areas spanning thecommon ground between religion and mental health. During the first half of the century, a struggle for definition of thetwo disciplines and distinctions between thentled to an artificial but strong separation of thetwo. William James' Varieties of Religious Experience, published in 1902, launcheda conscious counter-attempt by psychologists to heal the age-oldgap between science and religion; this work remains an unsurpassed classic in interdisciplinary dialogue. With the rise of behaviorism in the 1920's, psychological researchers turnedalmost exclusively to more discrete and measurable phenomena than religious experienceor activities could provide. In 1927, Freud characterized religionas an "illusion" and further set the tone for the following decades' lack of communication, suspicionand occasional hostility between the mental 1.ealth and religious professions. , Over the past two decades, new developments in both religious thought and men- tal health research have led to closer collaborationamong many in both fields. Ecumenical cooperation among Christian denominations and tietween Christian and other religious traditions has increased considerably. Church leaders and members have expressed more intense political involvement, andnew cults and sects have dramatically altered the American religious scene during the 1970's., At the same time, vast numbers of Americans who experience emotionalor men- tal difficulties approach clergymen before consulting a mental health professional and concerned pastors have found themselves obliged. to keep abreast ofnew knowledge arising from the social sciences. Pastoral counseling is possibly the most successful integrationyet achieved be- tween psychology and religion. Pastoral care, always provided by the clergy, evolved into pastoral counseling with the development of Clinical Pastoral Education,the psychiatric and psychological training of seminarians. Pastoral counselors providea bridge between the approaches and contrasting methodologies of religious andmen- tal health practitioners. The increasing theoretical and practical skills in psychiatry displayed by the pastoral counselors in our psychological societyare clearly recognized by the-church-as- valid iiiitrUments for helping troubled church members with their emotional and mental problems. The mental health professions have also undergone change during thesame time period. There has been an increasing acceptance of transpersonalor spiritualistic concepts and experiences in newly emerging therapies. Community mental health centers and other &Every systems have growl in their use of paraprofessionals and in collaborative efforts among mental health professionals and religionists.Concur- rently, the sense of stigma associated with the act of consulting atherapist or minister for help with emotional or behavior problems has decreased. Because of these dynamic developments, rigid criteria for this bibliography were difficult to establish. The religious topics surveyed concern individual andcultural systems of spiritual belief/and worship; varieties of religiousexperiences; functions of the clergy; and the theories and practices of pastoral counseling.The mental health issues include a broad range of religious, belief and practices; therelationship of religion to drug use and sexual behavior; education; community lifeand ethics. Theoretical and practical relationships between religion and mental health are a focus here, but materials on the general psychology or sociology ofreligion and those not directly related to mental healthfor example, devotionalworksare not included in this volume. Abstracts have been categorized to reflect current interests in religious aspectsof mental health. Although most abstracts could have been placed in severalsections, an attempt has been made to put each onein a--section defining its major theme. Whatever the outcome of the conversation between religious and mental health professionals, the efforts in research represented by the abstracts in this bibli- ography indicate an advancement in knowledge of behavior, personal growthand enrichment of human life. It is hoped that this compilation will assist pastoral counselorsand the many secular therapists, who are concerned with the spiritual needs of clients,by pro- viding leads to the most relevant and recent publications in the mental health literature. Both religious and mental health practitioners may wellutilize this literature in developing the most informed and sensitive interventionspossible in the lives. of their clients. A vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Attitudes Toward Religion 01 Child and Family 1 02 Clergy
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