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Exploring the Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship: An International Symposium
September 24 - 26, 2010
São Paulo, Brazil

You can come to Sao Paulo physically, or watch live, on-line, from your computer. Every presentation will be available both in Portuguese and in English.


 
 
 
 

artigos

 

Electronic Library in Spirituality and Health - ELSH

Potuguese version

Goals:

  • To collect and make easily available scientific studies in Spirituality and Health (SH)
  • To be a reliable and easy access source of good information about SH
  • Alexander Moreira-Almeida MD., PhD
    ELSH coordinator

    For an overview of the field of Spirituality and Health:
    Please access the special issue of Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry) vol.34 supl.1, 2007:
    English version


    Topics of ELSH

    History, Philosophy and Methodology of Research in SH

    Impact of Religiousness in Health and Substance Use

    Therapeutic Interventions and Spirituality

    Spiritual Experiences (trance, mediumship, near-death experiences etc.)

    Scales and Concepts in SH

    Thanatology (studies about death and dying)

    Miscellaneous

    Research Groups in SH


    History, Philosophy and Methodology of Research in SH

    Myths and Truths in Science and Religion: A historical perspective
    Ronald Numbers
    Lecture delivered at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, University of Cambridge, UK

    Dissociation in Britain during the late nineteenth century: The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1900
    Carlos Alvarado
    Journal of Trauma and Dissociation 3: 9-33, 2002

    The concept of survival of bodily death and the development of parapsychology
    Carlos Alvarado
    Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 67(2), 65-95, 2003

    Spirituality and health: past and future of a controversial and challenging relationship
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida
    Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica, 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.3-4

    Remarks on the scientific exploration of "anomalous" psychiatric phenomena
    Silvio Seno Chibeni, Alexander Moreira-Almeida
    Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.8-16

    Inácio Ferreira: institutionalizing the integration of medicine and paranormal phenomena
    Angélica A. Silva de Almeida & Alexander Moreira-Almeida
    Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 73(4):223-230, oct 2009.

    An Analysis of the Field of Spirituality, Religion and Health (S/RH)
    Hufford, David J.
    Metanexus Institute

    Half a career with the paranormal
    Ian Stevenson
    Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica, 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.150-155

    Allan Kardec and the Development of a Research Program in Psychic Experiences
    Moreira-Almeida, A .
    The Parapsychological Association & The Society for Psychical Research Convention 2008. Winchester - UK. Proceedings of Presented Papers v.51:327-332, 2008

    Humanity's first healers: psychological and psychiatric stances on shamans and shamanism
    Stanley Krippner
    Rev. psiquiatr. clín., 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.17-24

    History of "Spiritist madness" in Brazil
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida / Angélica A.Silva de Almeida / Francisco Lotufo Neto
    History of Psychiatry 16(1): 5–25, 2005


    Impact of Religiousness in Health and Substance Use

    The science of well-being: an integrated approach to mental health and its disorders.
    Cloninger CR.
    World Psychiatry 5(2):71-6, 2006

    Religious involvement and sociodemographic factors: a Brazilian national survey
    Moreira-Almeida, A ; Pinsky I ; Zaleski MJB ; Laranjeira R .
    Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica 37:12-15, 2010.

    How Religious Beliefs and Practices Are Related to Stress, Health and Medical Services
    Harold G. Koenig, M.D.
    (presented at a Heritage Foundation Symposium on 12/3/08)

    Spirituality and Resilience in Trauma Victims (pdf)
    Spirituality and Resilience in Trauma Victims (SpringerLink)
    Julio F. P. Peres; Alexander Moreira-Almeida; Antonia Gladys Nasello and Harold G. Koenig,
    Journal of Religion and Health 46:343–350, 2007

    Religiousness and spirituality in fibromyalgia and chronic pain patients
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida & Harold G Koenig
    Current Pain and Headache Reports 12(5):327-32, 2008

    Religion, spirituality and psychiatry: a new era in mental health care
    Harold G. Koenig
    Rev. psiquiatr. clín., 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.5-7

    Religiousness and mental health: a review
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Francisco Lotufo Neto, Harold G Koenig
    Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria 28(3):242-50, 2006

    Religion, spirituality and psychotic disorders
    Harold G. Koenig
    Rev. psiquiatr. clín., 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.95-104


    Therapeutic Interventions and Spirituality

    Praying correlates with higher quality of life: results from a survey on complementary/alternative medicine use among a group of Brazilian cancer patients
    Samano, Eliana Sueco Tibana et al.
    Sao Paulo Medical Journal 122(2): 60-63, 2004.

    Recognition and treatment of psychotic symptoms: spiritists compared to mental health professionals in Puerto Rico and Brazil
    Moreira-Almeida A, Koss-Chioino JD
    Psychiatry. 2009 Fall;72(3):268-83

    A Study of the Mediumistic Surgery of John of God
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Tatiana Moreira de Almeida, Angela Maria Gollner,
    Stanley Krippner
    The Journal of Shamanic Practice 2(1): 21-31, 2009.

    Spirituality and Mental Health
    Culliford, L., & Powell, A
    Royal College of Psychiatrists' Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group

    Spiritual practices in an institution for mental disabilities
    Frederico Camelo Leão, Francisco Lotufo Neto
    Rev. psiquiatr. clín., 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.54-59

    Spirituality, religiousness and psychotherapy
    Julio Fernando Prieto Peres, Manoel José Pereira Simão, Antonia Gladys Nasello
    Rev. psiquiatr. clín., 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.136-145

    Spiritist views of mental disorders in Brazil
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida & Francisco Lotufo Neto - Universidade de S. Paulo
    Transcultural Psychiatry, 42 (4), 570–595, 2005

    Training program about the therapeutical intervention "relaxation, mental images and spirituality" (RIME) to resignify the spiritual pain of terminal patients
    Ana Catarina Araújo Elias, Joel Sales Giglio, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta,
    Linda Gentry El-Dash
    Rev. psiquiatr. clín., 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.60-72.

    The Case For Spirit Release
    Alan Sanderson
    Spirituality Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2003

    Psychiatry and Spirit Release Therapy
    Response to ‘The Case for Spirit Release’ by Dr. Alan Sanderson
    Andrew Powell,
    Spirituality Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2003

    The Contribution of Spirit Release Therapy to Mental Health
    Andrew Powell
    Spirituality Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2005


    Spiritual Experiences (trance, mediumship, near-death experiences etc.)

    The Neurobiology of Trance and Mediumship in Brazil
    Hageman, J. H. ; Peres JFP ; Moreira-Almeida, A ; Caixeta, L. ; Wickramasekera II, I. ; Krippner, S. In: Krippner, S.; Friedman, H.. (Org.). Mysterious Minds: The Neurobiology of Psychics, Mediums and other Extraordinary People. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger/ ABC Clio, 2010, (p. 85-111).

    Differential diagnosis between spiritual experiences and mental disorders of religious content
    Menezes Junior, Adair de & Moreira-Almeida, Alexander.
    Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica 36(2): 75-82, 2009.

    Differentiating spiritual from psychotic experiences
    Moreira-Almeida A.
    Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;195(4):370-1

    Neglected Near-Death Phenomena
    Carlos Alvarado
    Journal of Near-Death Studies, 24, 131-151

    Survey Of Claimed Encounters With The Dead
    Erlendur Haraldsson
    Omega, the Journal of Death and Dying, 19(2), 103-113, 1988-9
    Segundo anexo do e-mail

    Psychic Experiences in the Multi-National Human Values Survey
    Erlendur Haraldsson & Joop M. Houtkooper
    Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. 85(2), 145-165, 1991

    Three randomly selected cases of Lebanese children who claim memories of a previous life
    Erlendur Haraldsson and Majd Abu-Izzedin
    Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. 68(2): 65-85, 2004

    Children who speak of past-life experiences: Is there a psychological explanation?
    Erlendur Haraldsson
    Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice. 76(1): 55-67, 2003

    The Similarity of Features of Reincarnation Type Cases over Many Years: A Third Study
    Ian Stevenson and Erlendur Haraldsson
    Journal of Scientific Exploration, 17(2):283-289, 2003

    Psychological Characteristics of Children Who Speak of a Previous Life: A Further Field Study in Sri Lanka
    Erlendur Haraldsson, Patrick Fowler & Vimala Periyannanpillai
    Transcultural Psychiatry, 37, 525-544, 2000

    Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century - Book Review
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida & Harold Koenig
    Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 196(4):345-6, 2008.

    Dissociative and psychotic experiences in Brazilian spiritist mediums
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Francisco Lotufo Neto, Bruce Greyson.
    Psychotherapy and Psychosomomatics 76(1):57-8, 2007. Erratum in: Psychother Psychosom. ;76(3):185, 2007.

    Comparison of Brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder
    Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Francisco Lotufo Neto, Etzel Cardeña.
    Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 196(5):420-4, 2008

    Near-death experience: clinical implications
    Bruce Greyson
    Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.116-125

    Visionary Spiritual Experiences and Cognitive Aspects of Spiritual Transformation
    David J. Hufford
    The Global Spiral 9(5), 2008.Metanexus Foundation.


    Scales and Concepts in SH

    Portuguese version of Duke Religious Index – DUREL
    Moreira-Almeida, Alexander; Moreira-Almeida, A ; Peres MF ; Aloe F ; Lotufo Neto, Francisco ; Koenig, Harold G .
    Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica, 2008, vol.35, no.1, p.31-32.

    Retaining the meaning of the words religiousness and spirituality:
    A commentary on the WHOQOL SRPB group's "A cross-cultural study of spirituality, religion, and personal beliefs as components of quality of life" (62:6, 2005, 1486-1497)

    Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Harold G. Koenig
    Social Science & Medicine 63(4):843-845, 2006.

    Explaining the meaning of the WHOQOL-SRPB
    Marcelo P. Fleck, Suzanne Skevington
    Rev. psiquiatr. clín., 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.146-149


    Thanatology (studies about death and dying)

    Book Review - Is there life after death? An examination of the empirical evidence - David Lester
    Alexander Moreira de Almeida
    Journal of Near-Death Studies, 24(4):245-54, 2006.


    Miscellaneous

    Spiritism: The Work of Allan Kardec and Its Implications for Spiritual Transformation
    Moreira-Almeida, A .
    The Global Spiral 9(5), 2008.Metanexus Foundation

    Furthering the spiritual dimension of psychiatry in the United Kingdom
    Andrew Powell
    1st British Congress on Medicine and Spirituality, 2007

    Editorial: Spirituality and science: a personal view
    Andrew Powell
    Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 7: 319-21, 2001


    Research Groups in SH

    Research Center in Spirituality and Health (NUPES) at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil

    Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University Medical Center, USA.

    Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia, USA

    The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, USA

     

     




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