Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group
Newsletter No. 29, July 2010
1. Dr. Andrew Powell: Editor’s note
2. Professor Chris Cook: From the Chair
3. Dr. Su Mason: Spiritual Healing: What is it, does it work and does it have a place in modern healthcare?
4. Dr. Andrew Powell: Healing and the Wounded Psyche
5. Dr. Simon Dein: Kabbalistic Healing
6. Dr. Athar Yawar: Healing in the Sufi Tradition
7. Canon Beaumont Stevenson: Healing by Paradox in the Christian Tradition
8. Dr. Susan Mitchell: Spiritual aspects of psychosis and recovery
8. SPSIG Annual Report 2010
9. Update on UK University Postgraduate Programmes in Spirituality and Health
Next meeting for SIG members:
One-day programme Friday 29 October 2010 ‘Intolerant Secularisation'. Venue: SCI, 15 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PS
Notice of other meetings:
The Scientific and Medical Network 'Body and Beyond II - Mind as Healer, Mind as Destroyer' Conference 27 - 29 August, Chesham
Conference on 'Spirituality, Theology and Mental Health', Durham University, 13 - 16 September, 2010
2nd Conference of Cambridge Centre for Western Esotericism, 'Exploring the Extraordinary' University of York, September 24 - 25, 2010
International Symposium: 'Exploring the Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship' São Paulo, Brazil, September 24 – 26, 2010