Spirituality, Values and Mental Health: Jewels for the Journey

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Peter Gilbert, Vicky Nicholls, Mary Ellen Coyte
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Nov 15, 2007 - Religion - 336 pages

Spirituality, religious belief and inclusive faith communities are important for mental well being but mental health practitioners have few guidelines for acknowledging these issues when working with service users.

Spirituality, Values and Mental Health gathers together personal and professional contributions from mental health professionals, carers and mental health service users and survivors. It addresses the stigma that can surround both mental health and spirituality and explores the place of the spiritual in mental health care, teasing out its implications for research, education, training and good practice.

This book is a welcome source of ideas and common-sense that is essential reading for mental health practitioners, carers and service users, chaplains, faith leaders, faith communities, as well as students and professionals working in the field of spirituality and mental health.

 

Contents

Foreword
13
SECTION A Context
17
SECTION B Diverse Perspectives
83
SECTION C Good Practice
143
SECTION D Education and Training
245
SECTION E Research
291
CONTRIBUTORS
322
SUBJECT INDEX
330
AUTHOR INDEX
334
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Neil has over 45 years of experience in the caring professions as a practitioner, manager, educator, writer and adviser. He has won awards for his work, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from BASW Cymru. He is renowned for his ability to express complex ideas clearly without oversimplifying them and for making theory relevant to practice.

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