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Rabbis and health: A half-century review of the mental and physical health care literature: 1950-1999

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Flannelly, KJ; Stern, RS; Costa, KG; Weaver, AJ; Koenig, HG
Published in: Pastoral Psychology
July 1, 2006

Electronic searches were conducted on PubMed and the American Psychological Association's database (PsycINFO) for articles that discussed the role of rabbis in relation to some aspect of healthcare. The two searches were conducted in each electronic database using the search-terms: (1) (rabbi OR rabbinical OR synagogue) OR (2) (Judaism OR Jewish) AND (clergy OR chaplain). Articles were classified by the year of their publication, professional discipline, type of journal (either religious or secular), and type of article: either research, or narrative and expositional. Rabbis were discussed most often in psychology, psychiatry, and behavior-related fields, and close to two-thirds of the articles dealt with mental health concerns. A statistically significant increase in articles across decades was found in the secular journals, r = .98, p ≤ 01, with over 70% of the articles about rabbis in the secular journals being published between 1980 and 1999. Many of the articles addressed collaboration between rabbis, psychiatrists, and other and mental health professionals and discussed previously identified themes related to professional collaboration and referral. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006.

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Published In

Pastoral Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1573-6679

ISSN

0031-2789

Publication Date

July 1, 2006

Volume

54

Issue

6

Start / End Page

545 / 554

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Flannelly, K. J., Stern, R. S., Costa, K. G., Weaver, A. J., & Koenig, H. G. (2006). Rabbis and health: A half-century review of the mental and physical health care literature: 1950-1999. Pastoral Psychology, 54(6), 545–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-006-0022-5
Flannelly, K. J., R. S. Stern, K. G. Costa, A. J. Weaver, and H. G. Koenig. “Rabbis and health: A half-century review of the mental and physical health care literature: 1950-1999.” Pastoral Psychology 54, no. 6 (July 1, 2006): 545–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-006-0022-5.
Flannelly KJ, Stern RS, Costa KG, Weaver AJ, Koenig HG. Rabbis and health: A half-century review of the mental and physical health care literature: 1950-1999. Pastoral Psychology. 2006 Jul 1;54(6):545–54.
Flannelly, K. J., et al. “Rabbis and health: A half-century review of the mental and physical health care literature: 1950-1999.” Pastoral Psychology, vol. 54, no. 6, July 2006, pp. 545–54. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s11089-006-0022-5.
Flannelly KJ, Stern RS, Costa KG, Weaver AJ, Koenig HG. Rabbis and health: A half-century review of the mental and physical health care literature: 1950-1999. Pastoral Psychology. 2006 Jul 1;54(6):545–554.
Journal cover image

Published In

Pastoral Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1573-6679

ISSN

0031-2789

Publication Date

July 1, 2006

Volume

54

Issue

6

Start / End Page

545 / 554

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 1701 Psychology