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Spirituality, values and mental health : jewels for the journey

There is a developing recognition that spirituality, religious belief and inclusive faith communities are important for mental well being. Training for mental health practitioners in the UK is increasingly taking this on board but practitioners have few guidelines about this growing field of interest for incorporating this awareness in their practice with the service users they are trying to help. Spirituality, Values and Practice in Mental Health Care addresses policy and practice for professionals working in the mental health field and for carers and people with mental health problems themse
eBook, English, 2007
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, 2007
Fulltext
1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations
9781846427299, 9781281232380, 1846427290, 1281232386
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The spiritual foundation: awareness and context for people's lives today / Peter Gilbert
Values-based practice: help and healing within a shared theology of diversity / Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford and Kim Woodbridge
Spirituality and mental health across cultures / Suman Fernando
Loss and grief: spiritual aspects / Neil Thompson
Through a glass darkly: looking for my own reflection / Sarah Carr
A journey
with faith: complex travels with Islam through the mental health system / Mariyam Maule [and others]
Connecting past and present: a survivor reflects on spirituality and mental health / Vicky Nicholls
Who am I?: the search for spirituality in dementia: a family carer's perspective / Barbara Pointon
A chaplain's own story / Paul Chapple
Keep up your spirits: run for your life! a view of running as a spiritual experience / Peter Gilbert
Spiritual assessment: narratives and responses / Wendy Edwards and Peter Gilbert
Spirituality and psychiatry: crossing the divide / Andrew Powell
Spiritual competence: mental health and palliative care / Cameron Langlands, David Mitchell and Tom Gordon. Working with Qi (Chi) to help with mental health problems / Nigel Mills
Spiritual practice day by day
conversations with those who know / Mary Ellen Coyte
How different religious organizations can work constructively together / Azim Kidwai and Ali Jan Haider
Organizational health: engaging the heart of the organization / Sarajane Aris and Peter Gilbert
A plea for broad understanding: why mental health practitioners need to understand spiritual matters / Christopher MacKenna
Promoting spiritual well-being in the workplace
training and support for staff / Frances Basset and Thurstine Basset
Awakening the heart and soul: reflections from therapy / Brian Thorne
Mental health care: the ultimate context for spiritual and pastoral formation / Julia Head and Mark Sutherland
Researching spirituality and mental health
a perspective from the research / John Swinton
Researching the soul: the Somerset Spirituality Project / John Foskett and Anne Roberts
Concluding thoughts / Mary Ellen Coyte, Peter Gilbert and Vicky Nicholls