title: Religion and spirituality in child and adolescent psychiatry: a new frontier.
abstract: This article introduces the interface between child and adolescent psychiatry and religion and spirituality. Developmental psychopathology has become increasingly diverse in its study of risk and protective factors for child and adolescent psychopathology. The effect of religion and spirituality on clinical conditions is among those factors. This review addresses (1) historical aspects of the relationship between psychiatry and religion/spirituality, (2) definitional issues, and (3) unique factors in child and adolescent work. Considering these factors and some general principles of intervention, it prepares the reader for other articles in this issue. The article concludes with some observations on the "secular family".
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. Allan.josephson@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Allan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: Mary Lynn
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States