Spirituality, secularism and religion

Abstract

polypharmacy, broadly anticipating the concerns of Lepping & Harborne. Finally, we respectfully suggest that the word polypharmacy be reconsidered, since pharmacy is seldom the originator of the plan! 1 Lepping P, Harbone GC. Polypharmacy: how bad are we really?Psychiatrist 2010; 34: 208-9.2 Tungaraza TE, Gupta S, Jones J, Poole R, Slegg G. Polypharmacy and high-dose antipsychotic regimes in the community. Psychiatrist 2010; 34: 44-6.

Religious competence as cultural competence

“…These negative attitudes within psychoanalysis were further entrenched by key 20th-century figures in other schools of psychology such as B. F. Skinner and Albert Ellis, who were both resolutely antireligious ( Nielsen & Ellis, 1994 ; Skinner, 1971 ). Opposing perspectives on the role of religion in psychiatry persist to the present, with tensions manifesting themselves during debates at psychiatric conferences, or in the letters pages of psychiatric journals after publication of an article discussing religion and mental health (e.g., Edmondson, 2010 ; Hansen & Maguire, 2010 ; Mackin, 2010 ). However, in recent years there is some evidence of a growing rapprochement (or at least a desire for one) between religion and psychiatry, with the aim of better integration of the two in order to enhance recovery and healing ( Cook, 2010 ; Dein, Cook, Powell, & Eagger, 2010 ; King & Leavey, 2010 ).…”