Faith and Health

Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives
AuthorThomas G. Plante and Allen C. Sherman
LanguageEnglish
GenrePsychology
PublisherGuilford
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited States
Pages406
ISBN1-57230-682-3
OCLC47625366

Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives is a book of scientific psychology on the relationship between religious faith and health. Edited by Thomas G. Plante and Allen C. Sherman, the book was published in the United States in 2001.

The book includes 16 chapters divided among four major parts that focus on general population outcomes (such as impacts on longevity), outcomes in special populations such as medical patients or adolescents, clinical implications, and overall criticisms and reflections.

Faith and Health has been reviewed in several professional journals, including Contemporary Psychology, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, and others.