Faith and Mental Health (PDF)

Harold G. Koenig, MD, completed his undergraduate education at Stanford University, his medical school training at the University of California at San Francisco, and his geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University Medical Center. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and geriatric medicine, and is now on the faculty at Duke as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Koenig is director and founder of the Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health at that institution, and has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, with nearly 250 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and 25 books in print or in preparation. He is editor of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, a refereed medical research journal, and editor-in-chief of Science and Theology News, a monthly international newspaper. His research on religion, health and ethical issues in medicine has been featured on close to 50 national and international TV news programs (including all major US news networks), 80 national or international radio programs (including multiple NPR, BBC, and CBC interviews), and nearly 200 national or international newspapers or magazines (including three issues of Reader's Digest and cover stories of Newsweek and Parade magazine). Dr. Koenig has given testimony before the U.S. Senate concerning the benefits of religion and spirituality on health, and has been nominated twice for the Templeton Prize for progress in religion. His latest books include The Healing Power of Faith (Simon & Schuster, 2001), The Handbook of Religion and Health (Oxford University Press, 2001), and Spirituality in Patient Care (Templeton Foundation Press, 2002).

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