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Are Conservatives Finally Waking Up to the Mental Health Crisis in America?
America’s youth are crumbling from a long running epidemic of mental illness, says Mona Charen over at National Review Online. I’ve been shouting this message from the rooftops for close to two years now—and most recently, from the rooftops of Duke Medical School. It is encouraging to see this frightening tragedy finally get the attention it […]
Read More…Can I Define “Spiritual”? Can You Explain Prophecy?**
This week I have had several debates on Twitter about my book. A number of skeptics have been challenging my thesis that religious practices promote mental health and function. As I have pointed out repeatedly, this is more than a religious teaching; it is also a scientific finding—one that is being taken very seriously by the […]
Read More…Promotional Video from Duke’s Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health
If you have been following my blog and are familiar with my book, you know that I talk a lot about the connection between neuroscience, spirituality, and mental health. I am well aware that the research I cite seems almost too good to be true since it does such a perfect job of supporting my […]
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