title: Drawing together psyche, soma and spirit: my career in cultural psychiatry.
abstract: In this article I discuss my career in cultural psychiatry. I begin by examining the influence of my personal background on my interests in cultural psychiatry and religion and health. I then discuss my research, which has focused upon two areas: the cognitive and phenomenological parallels between religious experiences and psychopathological states, and relationships between biomedicine and religious healing in diverse cultural contexts. Finally, I discuss plans for future research and teaching.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, 67 Riding House Street, London, UK. s.dein@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dein
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology / Q000193:education; D002321:Career Choice; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D004739:England; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005544:Forecasting; D017767:Holocaust; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D011287:Prejudice; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D029181:Spirituality