Harold G. Koenig is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Ningxia Medical University in China.Tyler J. VanderWeele is John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.John R. Peteet is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

The text offers clear definitions of spirituality and religion and then examines the positive effect of spirituality and religion on improved health. This third edition is a major revision meriting acquisition.

• Foreword (Howard Koh)Preface (Jeff Levin)Introduction I. Research Methodology1. Definitions 2. Measurement3. Research design II. Mental Health4. Coping with stress 5. Depression6. Bipolar disorder 7. Suicide 8. Anxiety9. Schizophrenia and other psychoses10. Substance use11. Personality traits and disorders12. Psychological well-being and positive emotions III. Social Health13. Delinquency and crime14. Marital and family stability15. Social support IV. Explanatory Mechanisms: Mental and Social Health16. Understanding the religion, mental, and social health relationship V. Health Behaviors17. Cigarette smoking 18. Exercise 19. Diet and weight VI. Physical Health20. Heart disease21. Hypertension 22. Cerebrovascular disease 23. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 24. Immune function 25. Stress hormones 26. Cancer 27. Mortality 28. Physical disability 29. Chronic pain 30. Disease detection and prevention VII. Explanatory Mechanisms: Physical Health31. Understanding the religion-physical health relationship VIII. Public Health and Health Policy32. Public health and human flourishing33. Health policy implications IX. Conclusions34. Summary and conclusions Appendix. Studies on religion and health (by health outcome) References Index

Harold G. Koenig is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Ningxia Medical University in China.Tyler J. VanderWeele is John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.John R. Peteet is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

The text offers clear definitions of spirituality and religion and then examines the positive effect of spirituality and religion on improved health. This third edition is a major revision meriting acquisition.

• Foreword (Howard Koh)Preface (Jeff Levin)Introduction I. Research Methodology1. Definitions 2. Measurement3. Research design II. Mental Health4. Coping with stress 5. Depression6. Bipolar disorder 7. Suicide 8. Anxiety9. Schizophrenia and other psychoses10. Substance use11. Personality traits and disorders12. Psychological well-being and positive emotions III. Social Health13. Delinquency and crime14. Marital and family stability15. Social support IV. Explanatory Mechanisms: Mental and Social Health16. Understanding the religion, mental, and social health relationship V. Health Behaviors17. Cigarette smoking 18. Exercise 19. Diet and weight VI. Physical Health20. Heart disease21. Hypertension 22. Cerebrovascular disease 23. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 24. Immune function 25. Stress hormones 26. Cancer 27. Mortality 28. Physical disability 29. Chronic pain 30. Disease detection and prevention VII. Explanatory Mechanisms: Physical Health31. Understanding the religion-physical health relationship VIII. Public Health and Health Policy32. Public health and human flourishing33. Health policy implications IX. Conclusions34. Summary and conclusions Appendix. Studies on religion and health (by health outcome) References Index

Harold G. Koenig is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Ningxia Medical University in China.Tyler J. VanderWeele is John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.John R. Peteet is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

The text offers clear definitions of spirituality and religion and then examines the positive effect of spirituality and religion on improved health. This third edition is a major revision meriting acquisition.

• Foreword (Howard Koh)Preface (Jeff Levin)Introduction I. Research Methodology1. Definitions 2. Measurement3. Research design II. Mental Health4. Coping with stress 5. Depression6. Bipolar disorder 7. Suicide 8. Anxiety9. Schizophrenia and other psychoses10. Substance use11. Personality traits and disorders12. Psychological well-being and positive emotions III. Social Health13. Delinquency and crime14. Marital and family stability15. Social support IV. Explanatory Mechanisms: Mental and Social Health16. Understanding the religion, mental, and social health relationship V. Health Behaviors17. Cigarette smoking 18. Exercise 19. Diet and weight VI. Physical Health20. Heart disease21. Hypertension 22. Cerebrovascular disease 23. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 24. Immune function 25. Stress hormones 26. Cancer 27. Mortality 28. Physical disability 29. Chronic pain 30. Disease detection and prevention VII. Explanatory Mechanisms: Physical Health31. Understanding the religion-physical health relationship VIII. Public Health and Health Policy32. Public health and human flourishing33. Health policy implications IX. Conclusions34. Summary and conclusions Appendix. Studies on religion and health (by health outcome) References Index