Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group

Newsletter No. 32, December 2011

           Contents:

1. Dr Andrew Powell: Editor’s note
2. Professor Chris Cook: From the Chair
3. Professor Patricia Casey: Spirituality and religion in psychiatry: an introduction to the research evidence
4. Dr Sarah Eagger: Spirituality in psychiatry: implementing spiritual assessment
5. Professor John Cox: Report on meeting: Doctors, Clergy and the troubled Soul: two professions, one vocation?
6. Dr Tim Read: Archetype 2012 and our Global Mid-life Crisis
7. Dr Andrew Powell: Open Heart, Open Mind: Conversing with the Soul
8. Elizabeth McGann: Music as a Psychotherapeutic Modality
9. Diana Greenman: The Power of Live Music
10. Tessa Marchington: Music In Offices
11. Book Review by Dr Alison Gray: 'A Quiet Mind: Uniting Body, Mind and Emotions in Christian Spirituality'. By Eva McIntyre
12. Book Review by Dr Christopher Findlay: ‘Our Sound is Our Wound: Contemplative Listening to a Noisy World’. By Lucy Winkett
13. Book Review by Dr  Mlindelwa (Bokani) Vundhla: ‘Mental Wellness: A Spiritual Journey. Finding Your Own Way to Healing from Depression, Anxiety and Addictions’. By Hamdy El-Rayes
14. Professor Chris Cook: Postgraduate teaching in Spirituality, Theology and Health 
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           Next meeting for SIG members:

          Spirituality in the Forensic Context: Offending, Reparation and Repair: 27th April 2012, Society of Chemical Industries

          Notice of other meetings:

          World Association of Cultural Psychiatry Pre-Congress event: 'Culture, Spirituality and Psychopathology: integrating clinical

          and theoretical perspectives', 8th March 2012, London

          Bishop John Robinson Fellowship Conference: Spirituality, Recovery and Wellbeing. Heythrop College, London, 21st

          March 2012

          University of Gloucester Conference: 'Medicine of the person - past, present and future' 20th April 2012

          South London and Mausdley Trust: Spirituality and Mental Health Masterclasses March - May 2012