Handbook of Religion and Health

Foreword (Howard Koh)
Preface (Jeff Levin)
Introduction

I. Research Methodology
1. Definitions
2. Measurement
3. Research design

II. Mental Health
4. Coping with stress
5. Depression
6. Bipolar disorder
7. Suicide
8. Anxiety
9. Schizophrenia and other psychoses
10. Substance use
11. Personality traits and disorders
12. Psychological well-being and positive emotions

III. Social Health
13. Delinquency and crime
14. Marital and family stability
15. Social support

IV. Explanatory Mechanisms: Mental and Social Health
16. Understanding the religion, mental, and social health relationship

V. Health Behaviors
17. Cigarette smoking
18. Exercise
19. Diet and weight

VI. Physical Health
20. Heart disease
21. 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 Health
31. Understanding the religion-physical health relationship

VIII. Public Health and Health Policy
32. Public health and human flourishing
33. Health policy implications

IX. Conclusions
34. Summary and conclusions

Appendix. Studies on religion and health (by health outcome)

References

Index

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