Putting Soul Into Psychiatry: Religious sensitivity is key to wholesome healing
The early development of psychiatry led to medical reductionism, allowing no place for a positive interchange with religion and spirituality. But modern advances show that a sympathetic understanding of a patient's religious orientation greatly increases the practitioner's ability to effectively heal.
| Topics: | Spirituality, Psychiatry |
Andrew Sims is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Leeds, Past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Past Chair of the College's Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group. He is the author of many academic and popular works, most recently Is Faith Delusion? Why religion is good for your health.
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