Table of Contents

1. Spirituality in psychiatry Andrew Sims and Christopher C. H. Cook; 2. Assessing spiritual needs Larry Culliford and Sarah Eagger; 3. Psychosis Susan Mitchell and Glenn Roberts; 4. Suicide Cherrie Coghlan and Imran Ali; 5. Child and adolescent psychiatry Mike Shooter; 6. Psychotherapy Andrew Powell and Christopher MacKenna; 7. Intellectual disability Oyepeju Raji; 8. Substance misuse Christopher C. H. Cook; 9. Neuroscience of the spirit Peter Fenwick; 10. Spiritual care in the NHS Sarah Eagger, Peter Richmond and Peter Gilbert; 11. The transpersonal perspective Tim Read and Nicki Crowley; 12. Religion and religious experiences Mohamed Omar Salem and John Foskett; 13. Pathological spirituality Nicki Crowley and Gillie Jenkinson; 14. Ageing Robert M. Lawrence and Julia H. Head.

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This book explores the nature of spirituality, its relationship to religion, and the reasons for its importance in clinical practice.

About the Author

Chris Cook (Professorial Research Fellow, Durham University and Consultant Psychiatrist at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust), Andrew Powell (Former Consultant Psychotherapist at Warneford Hospital, Oxford and Lecturer at the University of Oxford) and Andrew Sims (Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Leeds).