International Symposium on Psychiatry & Religious Experience, Ávila, Spain 4th to 6th November 2010
September 9, 2010
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On November 4th to 6th 2010 the López-Ibor Chair on Mystic and Mental Health, University of Mystic, will host its first big academic event: The International Symposium on Psychiatry and Religious Experience in the historic town of Ávila, Spain.
The overall aim of the symposium is to provide a high-quality, comprehensive overview of all topics related to psychiatry and religious experiences.
Based on the fact that there has been an increasing interest in the study of the significance of religious experiences in those suffering from mental illnesses, the aim of the symposium is to study the relationship between religion, spirituality and psychopathology in the interest of helping mental health professionals, patients, carers and religious leaders.
The main topics of the symposium are
- Religious Traditions, Mental Health and Mental Diseases
- Psychiatry and Religion. Beyond Boundaries.
- Religious Experience and Mental disorders (Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Melancholia, OCD).
- The Dignity of Human Beings in Health and Disease. WPA Consensus Statement on Spirituality and Mental Health
The registration fee is 220 € for all professionals (though 450 € for psychiatrists and medical doctors) and includes attendance to the sessions of the symposium, coffee breaks and lunches on November 4th and 5th, symposium documentation and certificate of attendance.
Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has expired.
For further information and online registration, visit the website of the symposium here.
Thesis by Susan Strang: EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES AND COPING IN PALLIATIVE CANCER CARE – Experiences of patients and family members
September 7, 2010
Susan Strang has defended a ph.d.-thesis at the Karolinske Institutet in Sweden in 2008 with the title Existential Challenges and Coping in Palliative Care – Experiences of patients and family members. It is now available here.
She has other interesting article with relevance for the field of faith and health, published with her brother Peter Strang:
Existential pain–an entity, a provocation, or a challenge? (2004)
Questions posed to hospital chaplains by palliative care patients. (2002)
Spiritual needs as defined by Swedish nursing staff. (2002)
Her brother has long published in the field of palliative care with articles relating to existential concerns, see pubmed.com for more info.
Post-Conference Resource Page
July 23, 2010
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This page features the ressources from the International conference on Research in Faith and Health in Secular Society 17-19 May 2010.
The conference took place from the 17 of May 2010 in the Congress Center of The University of Southern Denmark on Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense, the City of Hans Christian Andersen.
The purpose of this section of our web-site is to provide posts (spaces) for each presenter with the following content:
1. Abstracts
2. CV
3. Powerpoint-presentations
4. Recordings (video for keynotes, audio for papers)
5. Relevant papers
Furthermore, the page holds photos as well as links to press coverage of the conference.
We hope it will provide rich and useful ressources for you! The spaces will be selectable from the Program Ressources page by clicking the title of each presentation.
The evaluation of the conference can be accessed here.
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The Purpose of the Past Conference was:
The Conference was open to all interested: Clinicians and researchers in the Health Sciences, psychologists, scholars of religious studies, theologians, chaplains, ministers, palliative caregivers, etc.
Research in faith and health and religious coping has made important strides over the past decades. However, most of this research has been conducted in North America in quite a different cultural and religious setting than that of secular Northern Europe. In the countries of Northern Europe, the research traditions of existential philosophy and psychology have been more predominant when investigating existential needs and orientations of patients rather than the North American tradition of religious coping.
Hence, the purpose of the conference was to bring together insights of both traditions in an attempt to strengthen research competences in meaning and health in secular society.World leading researchers in the field addressed issues of high importance to the field during keynote sessions. Ongoing research projects were presented during parallel paper sessions.
Conference on Leibniz’s Theodicy: Context and Content
July 23, 2010
Dear Members of the Network for Research in Faith and Health,
A large conference will be held at the University of Notre Dame, IN, on the Theodicy of Gotfried Wilhelm Leibniz in honor of the 300th anniversary of the publication of his Theodicy.
The Poster for the conference is here: Theodicy Poster.
The Conference home page is here: http://nd.edu/~cprelig/conferences/leibniz2010/index.php
Regards,
Niels Christian
3. TASK-Konference 9.-10. september 2010 i Witten/Herdecke Universitetet, Tyskland
July 22, 2010
Dear All,
This invitation comes from Arndt Büssing who spoke at our conference in Odense in May 2010:
Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
Hiermit schicken wir Ihnen das vorläufige Programm der 3. TASK-Tagung am 9./10. September 2010 in die Universität Witten/Herdecke zu. Dabei freuen wir uns, dass die Veranstaltung wieder von der Theophrastus Stiftung und der Helixor-Stiftung unterstützt wird und erneut keine Kongressgebühren anfallen. Da unsere finanziellen Ressourcen aber dennoch beschränkt sind, möchten wir Studierenden, Diplomanden und Doktoranden die Möglichkeit geben, einen Zuschuss für Reise- und Übernachtungskosten zu bekommen. Interessierte wenden Sich bitte an die Ausrichter (hierbei versuchen wir zunächst abzuschätzen, wie viele dieses Angeboz nutzen möchten, um später eine konkrete Zusage über die tatsächlich zu gewährende Höhe machen zu können).
Wir verstehen TASK nicht nur als eine wissenschaftliche Tagung zum Thema Spiritualität und Krankheit, sondern vielmehr als ein sich stetig entwickelndes, konfessionsunabhängiges, transdisziplinären Netzwerk von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern, die sowohl daran interessiert sind, das Thema Spiritualität und seine Relevanz für Gesundheit und Krankheit wissenschaftlich zu ergründen, als auch daran, die daraus resultierenden Erkenntnisse in die Gesundheitsversorgung umzusetzen. Auch in diesem Jahr möchten wir wieder den Fokus auf die konsentierten Arbeitsgruppen legen und diesen die Möglichkeit geben, über den aktuellen Stand ihrer Arbeit zu referieren. Darüber hinaus sollen aber auch Einzelpersonen die Möglichkeit erhalten, ihre wissenschaftliche oder praktisch klinische Arbeit vorzustellen ihm Rahmen dieser Arbeitsgruppe vorzustellen.
Bitte melden Sie sich jetzt schon unverbindlich an, da dies für die Planung des finanziellen Spielraums bei der Tagungsausrichtung hilft. Voranmeldungen bitte per email an Frau Marina Frieben (marina.frieben@uni-wh.de) oder konventionell mit Briefpost.
Ein TASK-Buch konnte beim Springer-Verlag realisiert werden. Der Titel des für das Frühjahr 2011 geplanten Bucheslautet “Spiritualität transdisziplinär. Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen im Zusammenhang mit Gesundheit und Krankheit”. Näheres wird noch mitgeteilt.
Außerdem ist es aus unserer Sicht erwähnenswert, das die TASK Gründungsmitglied der in Bern gegründetenInternational Society on Spirituality, Religion and Health. Education, Research and Practice ist. Auch hierzu werden wir nähere Mitteilungen machen.
Bitte leitet die Einladung auch an interessierte Kollegen aus Ihren Arbeitsumfelfd weiter!
Mit vielen Grüssen
Arndt Büssing und Niko Kohls
auch im Namen der weiteren Mitglieder der operativen Steuerungsgruppe Karin Wilkening, Klaus Baumann und Harald Walach sowie des „Hausherrn“ Peter Heusser
Prof. Dr. med. Arndt Büssing
Zentrum für Integrative Medizin
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, D-58313 Herdecke
Tel.: +49-2330-623246
Email: Arndt.Buessing@uni-wh.de
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Herausgeber der ”Deutschen Zeitschrift für Onkologie”
http://www.thieme-connect.de/ejournals/toc/dzo
Editorial Board ”Religions”
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/editors/
Editorial Board ”Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine”
http://www.jcimjournal.com/
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Private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50
D - 58448 Witten
Geschäftsführung: Dipl.-Ök. Michael Anders, PD Dr. Martin Butzlaff
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Witten
Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Bochum Nr. HRB 8671
Ny bog om etniske minoriteter i sundheds- og socialvæsenet
July 22, 2010
Sorry, this entry is only available in Danish.
Evaluation of Conference
July 6, 2010
The Evaluation Survey was submitted to the 75 registered participants. 70% or 52 participants completed the survey.
Below you will find average values. A full evaluation with bar charts can and written comments can be downloaded in pdf-format here.
All items are listed below and in the detailed pdf-version, with the exception of evalutations of individual paper and poster presentations as these were presentations of work in progress. Those of you who would like to receive your individual paper session and poster “scores” can contact Cecilia Fahlström at cefah09@student.sdu.dk.
As you will see the overall evaluation of the conference is very positive with an overall judgment of 4,54 (4=Good and 5= Excellent).
Congratulations to the following who will receive a bottle of wine for highest evaluations in their groups:
Keynote Lectures: Kenneth Pargament: 4,45 (closely followed by Harold Koenig 4,43 and Kevin Ladd 4,41).
Paper Sessions: Gabriela Otty – 4,75
Poster Sessions: Elisabeth Assing Hvidt – 3,25
Evaluation of Conference on Research in Faith and Health 17-19 May 2010
Average analysis:
(1: Poor, 2: Acceptable, 3: Average, 4: Good, 5: Excellent)
| Average | |
| General Aspects – Overall Judgment | 4.54 |
| General Aspects – Organisation (Invitation, correspondence) | 4.58 |
| General Aspects – Pre Conference Material (Program – printet and on-line) | 4.42 |
| General Aspects – Abstract Booklet | 4.34 |
| General Aspects – Other Material Received at Check-In Desk | 4.28 |
| General Aspects – Conference Facilities (Auditorium) | 4.56 |
| General Aspects – Conference Facilities (Group Rooms) | 4.34 |
| General Aspects – On-Line Registration | 3.93 |
| General Aspects – Conference Fee | 3.98 |
| General Aspects – Social event 1 (Guided tour) | 4.44 |
| General Aspects – Social event 2 (River cruise, aperitif with the penguins) | 4.70 |
| General Aspects – Conference Dinner | 4.62 |
| General Aspects – Coffee Breaks | 4.00 |
| General Aspects – Lunch in University Cafeteria | 3.56 |
| General Aspects – Closing Aperitif | 4.41 |
| Hotel – please name your hotel under “Comments” – Overall Judgment | 3.87 |
| Keynote Lectures – Introduction & Welcome N C Hvidt & P la Cour | 4.36 |
| Keynote Lectures – Harold G. Koenig | 4.43 |
| Keynote Lectures – Kenneth I. Pargament | 4.45 |
| Keynote Lectures – David M. Wulff | 4.12 |
| Keynote Lectures – Panel Discussion (17 May) | 3.96 |
| Keynote Lectures – Arndt Büssing | 4.00 |
| Keynote Lectures – Fereshteh Ahmadi | 3.80 |
| Keynote Lectures – Kevin Ladd | 4.41 |
| Keynote Lectures – Panel Discussion (18 May) | 4.48 |
| Keynote Lectures – Tor Johan Grevbo | 4.21 |
| Paper Presentations 17 May - Session 1: Religion and long life – Overall Judgment | 4.07 |
| Paper Presentations 17 May – Session 2: Religious coping in a Northern European context – Overall Judgment | 4.00 |
| Paper Presentations 17 May – Session 3: Prayer, Meditation, Health and Coping | 4.57 |
| Paper Presentations 18 May – Session 1: Conceptualizing and measuring the field of meaning making and health – Overall Judgment | 4.30 |
| Paper Presentations 18 May – Session 2: Cancer and religious change – qualitative approaches – Overall Judgment | 3.90 |
| Paper Presentations 18 May – Session 3: Bad health and existential narrative – Overall Judgment | 4.33 |
| Paper Presentations 19 May – Session 1: Pastoral care, Chaplaincy and Psychotheraphy – Overall Judgment | 4.00 |
| Paper Presentations 19 May – Session 2: Spiritual aspects of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) | 3.67 |
| Paper Presentations 19 May – Session 3: The nature of existential concerns in secular society | 4.00 |
Keynote Videos
June 15, 2010
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Konference om Forskning i Tro og Helbred i Sekulariserede Samfund, 17.-19. maj 2010
March 29, 2010
Interdisciplinært Netværk for Forskning i Tro og Helbred i Danmark indbyder til den første nordiske konference om forholdet mellem tro og helbred, der afholdes på Syddansk Universitet fra 17.-19. maj 2010.
Konferencen fokuserer på forholdet mellem tro og helbred samt religiøs coping i sekulariserede samfund med deltagelse af ledende internationale forskere af forskellig baggrund men med spidskompetencer indenfor feltet. Den henvender sig til alle med interesse for området: Læger, sygeplejersker, sjælesørgere, forskere indenfor feltet fra forskellige akademiske discipliner, etc. Der er især lagt op til, at forskere, der er i gang med projekter indenfor feltet, kan præsentere afsluttet og igangværende arbejde i form af papers og posters og på den måde inspirere andre interesserede og selv få kvalificeret feedback.
Flere og flere internationale og begyndende danske forskningsresultater tyder på en sammenhæng mellem eksistenstænkning, spiritualitet, religion og helbred – både fysisk og psykisk. Fx viser studier, at mennesker, der går i kirke eller har en religiøst inspireret livsstil har en nedsat sygdomsrisiko og lever længere, end den almindelige danske befolkning. Studier viser endvidere, at eksistentielle og religiøse overvejelser får større betydning hos mennesker, der er i krise fx som følge af en kræftdiagnose, bl.a. fordi spiritualitet og tro kan give håb og mental styrke i en krise.
Størstedelen af denne forskning har imidlertid udgangspunkt i Nordamerika, i en religiøs og kulturel kontekst, der er meget anderledes end det sekulariserede Nordeuropa. I de nordeuropæiske lande har den eksistentielle psykologi og filosofi været det primære udgangspunkt, når man ønskede at udforske patienters eksistentielle behov. Konferencen søger at bringe de to forskningstraditioners indsigter i dialog med hinanden med henblik på at styrke forskningskompetencerne i mening og helbred i sekulære samfund.
Konferencen finder sted på Konferencecenteret på Syddansk Universitet, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M fra den 17. til den 19. maj 2010. Formiddagen den 17. maj er gratis, og konferencebidrag til de resterende dage er meget lav pga. en generøs bevilling fra Forskningsrådet for Kultur og Kommunikation (FKK).
For en engelsk præsentation, information om priser samt online registrering klik her.
Konferencen finder sted i forlængelse af European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health, Bern, Schweiz (13.-15. maj). De to konferencer fungerer som hinandens supplement. Hvor konferencen i Bern beskæftiger sig med europæiske eksistentielle, spirituelle og religiøse forhold i relation til helbred, supplerer konferencen i Danmark med perspektiver på forskning i et sekulariseret samfund. Det vil derfor være en stor fordel at deltage i begge konferencer. Derfor tilbydes der også reduktion på konferencerudgifterne, hvis man deltager begge steder.
Ph.d.-forsvar om kræftpatienters erfaring med etableret og alternativ behandling
March 15, 2010
Antropolog Anita Ulrich erhvervede sig ph.d.-graden d. 9. februar 2009 ved et offentligt forsvar på Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet, Syddansk Universitet. Anita Ulrich har i sit projekt undersøgt kræftpatienters erfaringer med etableret og alternativ behandling og betydningen for det oplevede sygdomsforløb. Projektet viser, at den etablerede kræftbehandling ikke i samme grad som visse former for alternativ behandling har rum for eksistentielle aspekter af sygdomsforløbet. Samtidigt viser projektet, at konkrete alternative behandlinger for kræftpatienter kan fungere som en form for spirituel praksis. For nogle patienter kan alternativ behandling på den måde give rum for, at troen kan udfoldes.
Afhandingen har titlen: Narrativ fleksibilitet i sygdomsforløb med kræft. Kræftpatienters fortællinger om etableret og alternativ behandling.
Eksemplarer af afhandlingen kan købes for kr. 150 pr. stk. inkl. forsendelse ved henvendelse til aulrich@health.sdu.dk
Netværket ønsker Anita et stort tillykke og god vind med forskningen fremover!
Conference on Faith and Health in Secular Society 2010
