Table of Contents Dedication List of Contributors Preface for the Classic Edition Part I Introduction and History Chapter 1 Religion and Mental Heath Dinesh Bhugra Chapter 2 Religion and Psychiatry: Extending the Limits of Tolerance K.W.M. Fulford Chapter 3 Religion and Madness in History Maurice Lipsedge Part II Religions: East and West Chapter 4 Christianity and Psychiatry John Foskett Chapter 5 'The Cracked Crucible': Judaism and Mental Health Howard Cooper Chapter 6 Psychosocial Factors and the Genesis of New African-American Religious Groups Ezra E.H. Griffith & Khalipha M. Bility Chapter 7 Hinduism and Ayurveda: Implications for Managing Mental Health Dinesh Bhugra Chapter 8 Buddhist Psychology and Implications for Treatment Padmal de Silva Chapter 9 New Religions and Mental Health Eileen Barker Chapter 10 Islamic Communities and Mental Health Aziz Esmail Part III Psychopathology, Psychiatry and Religion Chapter 11 Psychiatry and Religion: A General Psychiatrist's Perspective John L. Cox Chapter 12 The Neurophysiology of Religious Experience Peter Fenwick Chapter 13 Psychopathology, Emobodiment and Religious Innovation: An Historical Instance Roland Littlewood Chapter 14 Guilt, Religion and Ritual Tony Nayani & Dinesh Bhugra Chapter 15 Mental Illness or Life Crisis? A Christian Pastoral Counselling Contribution Mark Sutherland Chapter 16 Conclusions: Religion, Mental Illness and Mental Health - The Way Forward Dinesh Bhugra Index.