Health Professions 2001
Topics in Health
Professions:
Spirituality and Health
Winter Semester 2007
 Brick
Johnstone, Ph.D.
110 Ellis Fischel (Wed - Fri): 882-6290
307A Cornell Hall (Mon - Tues): 882-2837
johnstoneg@health.missouri.edu
Class Time: Tuesdays, 10:00 - 10:50am
Classroom: Arts and Science Building 301
Textbook: Handbook of the Psychology
of Religion and Spirituality (2005). Raymond F. Paloutzian and
Crystal L. Park (Eds). New York: The Guilford Press.
Objectives: To learn about the scientific
relationships that exist among spirituality, religion, and health; to
learn about different cultural and religious beliefs and practices and
how they impact individual's health and health care; and to learn the
current professional issues that are relevant to spiritual and religious
aspects of health care.
Class Topics/Readings
Definitions and Measurement
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1. January 16: Overview
2. January 23: Defining and
Measuring Spirituality and Religion
• Chapter 2 - Religiousness and Spirituality
• Chapter 3 - Measurement in the Psychology of Religion
and Spirituality: Current Status and Evaluation
• Chapter 19 - Mystical, Spiritual, and Religious Experiences
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Genetics/Neuroscience of Spirituality
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3. January 30: The Genetics of
Spirituality
• Chapter 14 - The Role of Personality in Understanding Religious
and Spiritual Constructs
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4. January 31: The Neurophysiology
of Spirituality
• Chapter 11 - The Neuropsychology of Religious Experience
5. February 6: The Neuropsychology of
Spirituality
Spirituality, Religion, and Health
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6. February 13: Spirituality,
Religion, and Physical Health
• Chapter 24 - Do Religion and Spirituality Influence Health?
7. February 20: Spirituality
and Psychoneuroimmunology
8. February 27: Spirituality,
Religion, and Mental Health
• Chapter 25 - Relationships of Religiosity and Spirituality
with Mental Health and Psychopathology.
9. March 6: Spirituality as
a Coping Mechanism
• Chapter 26 - The Religious Dimension of Coping: Advances
in Theory, Research, and Practice.
10. March 13: Midterm
11. March 20: Prayer, Meditation,
and Health
• Chapter 20 - Religious Practice, Ritual, and Prayer
12. March 27: Spring Break |
Spirituality, Religion, and Culture
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13. April 3: Health
Care, Religion, and Culture I
14. April 10: Health Care,
Religion, and Culture II |
Spirituality, Religion, and Professional
Issues
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14. April 17: Research
in Religion and Health: What is Appropriate?
• Chapter 28 - From Advocacy to Science: The Next Steps in
Workplace Spirituality Research.
15. April 24: Professional
Training Guidelines in Religion/Spirituality
• Chapter 27 - The Psychology of Religion in Clinical
and Counseling Psychology.
16. May 1: Spirituality, Religion,
and Health: What does the future hold?
• Chapter 30 - One Step Toward Integration and an Expansive
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Class Requirements:
1. Regular Attendance
2. Regular Participation
3. 1 Class project
4. Midterm examination
5. Final examination
i. introductions
ii. Expectations
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- attend
- participate
- learn
- open minded and respectful
- not about God, about human experience of religion/spirituality |
ii. Expectations
iii. requirements
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- read chapters/articles
- midterm
- final
- occasional class projects |
iv. Overview
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- definitions/measurement (take several tests)
- genetics/neuroscience (God Gene; Twin studies)
- neurophysiology (brain during meditation/prayer)
- Neuropsychology (brain injury study)
- Spirituality and Health (more the better; church attendance;
negative authoritative is worse)
- Psychoneuroimmunology (mind controls neuron controls immuno
leads to health; Chinese moon harvest, jewish and Sabbath)
- Spirituality and mental health (abnormal delusions; spirituality
as coping, stress management)
- Prayer and health (is it helpful; subjective yes, objective,
probably not)
- Culture, religion, and health (need to know if health professional)
- Professional training (current guides, past taboos)
- Future directions |
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