Faith and health: psychological perspectives

Plante, Sherman, Research on Faith and Health: New Approaches to Old Questions. Part I: Faith and Health in the General Population: Research and Theory. Thoresen, Harris, Oman, Spirituality, Religion, and Health: Evidence, Issues, and Concerns. McCullough, Religious Involvement and Mortality: Answers and More Questions. Wink, Dillon, Religious Involvement and Health Outcomes in Late Adulthood: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Women and Men. Worthington, Berry, Parrott, Unforgiveness, Forgiveness, Religion, and Health. Sherman, Simonton, Assessment of Religiousness and Spirituality in Health Research. Part II: Faith and Health in Special Populations. Sherman, Simonton, Religious Involvement Among Cancer Patients: Associations with Adjustment and Quality of Life. Remle, Koenig, Religion and Health in HIV/AIDS Communities. Willis, Wallston, Johnson, Tobacco and Alcohol Use among Young Adults: Exploring Religious Faith, Locus of Health Control, and Coping Strategies as Predictors. Plante, Sharma, Religious Faith and Mental Health Outcomes. Part III: Faith and Health in the Clinic. Chirban, Assessing Religious and Spiritual Concerns in Psychotherapy. Tan, Dong, Spiritual Interventions in Healing and Wholeness. Shafranske, Religious Beliefs, Attitudes, and Personal and Professional Practices of Physicians and Psychologists Specializing in Rehabilitation Medicine. Part IV: Commentaries on Research Concerning Faith and Health. Sloan, Bagiella, Powell, Without a Prayer: Methodological Problems, Ethical Challenges, and Misrepresentations in the Study of Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine. Smith, Religion and Spirituality in the Science and Practice of Health Psychology: Openness, Skepticism, and the Agnosticism of Methodology. Sherman, Plante, Conclusions and Future Directions for Research on Faith and Health.