Spirituality, Values and Mental Health Jewels for the Journey

• Main Authors: Gilbert, Peter, Gordon, Tom, Fulford, Professor Kwm, Grey, Paul, Head, Julia, Hawes, Arthur, Hardi, Choman, Kassam, Fatima, Kidwai, Azim, Langlands, Cameron
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Mental health services; Spiritual care (Medical care); Spirituality-Health aspects; Values-Health aspects
• ISBN: 9781843104568; 1843104563

This book gathers together 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 spiritual in mental health care, teasing out its implications for research,...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Spirituality, Values and Mental Health: Jewels for the Journey -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- SECTION A - Context -- Chapter 1 The Spiritual Foundation: Awareness and Context for People's Lives Today -- Poem: The Dark has a Friendly Face -- Chapter 2 Values-based Practice: Help and Healing within a Shared Theology of Diversity -- Poem: Softly -- Chapter 3 Spirituality and Mental Health across Cultures -- Poem: For Bhen 'Aum Shanti Shanti' -- Chapter 4 Loss and Grief: Spiritual Aspects -- Poem: Wild wind -- Poem: Me -- Poem: The Well of Grief -- SECTION B - Diverse Perspectives -- Chapter 5 Through a Glass Darkly: Looking for My Own Reflection -- Poem: Survivor -- Chapter 6 A Journey - with Faith: Complex Travels with Islam through the Mental Health System -- Reflection: Sehnsucht Cinema -- Chapter 7 Connecting Past and Present: A Survivor Reflects on Spirituality and Mental Health -- Poem: Adam Forgets Himself -- Chapter 8 Who Am I? - The Search for Spirituality in Dementia. A Family Carer's Perspective -- Poem: To Malcolm -- Chapter 9 A Chaplain's Own Story -- Reflection: Rituals and Recovery - Sacrament and Smoking Room in a Mental Health Acute Unit -- Chapter 10 Keep Up Your Spirits: Run for Your Life! A View of Running as a Spiritual Experience -- Poem: The Guru's Prayer -- SECTION C - Good Practice -- Chapter 11 Spiritual Assessment - Narratives and Responses -- Poem: Today We Have Spiritual Assessment -- Chapter 12 Spirituality and Psychiatry Crossing the Divide -- Reflection: Guided by the Breath of God -- Chapter 13 Spiritual Competence: Mental Health and Palliative Care -- Poem: You Say You Have No Music? -- Chapter 14 Working with Qi (Chi) to Help with Mental Health Problems -- Poem: Holy Love -- Chapter 15 Spiritual Practice Day by Day - Conversations with Those Who Know -- Poem: We Without Purpose
• Chapter 16 How Different Religious Organisations Can Work Constructively Together -- Reflection: The Muslim Community and Mental Health Care -- Chapter 17 Organizational Health: Engaging the Heart of the Organization -- Poem: SIMBA's Black Diversity -- SECTION D - Education and Training -- Chapter 18 A Plea for Broad Understanding: Why Mental Healt Practitioners Need to Understand Spiritual Matters -- Reflection: Church on Sunday Morning -- Chapter 19 Promoting Spiritual Well-being in the Workplace - Training and Support for Staff -- Poem: Yours -- Chapter 20 Awakening the Heart and Soul: Reflections from Therapy -- Poem: Restless Sea -- Chapter 21 Mental Health Care: The Ultimate Context for Spiritual and Pastoral Formation -- A Reflection on Recovery: Psalm 102:2-10, 28 -- SECTION E - Research -- Chapter 22 Researching Spirituality and Mental Health - A Perspective from the Research -- Reflection: A Small Piece from a Spiritual Journey -- Chapter 23 Researching the Soul: The Somerset Spirituality Project -- Poem: Just Be -- Chapter 24 Concluding Thoughts -- Poem: When all is Said and Done -- CONTRIBUTORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX