title: Religious doubts: implications for psychopathology and psychotherapy.
abstract: This article examines the psychopathological implications of religious doubts. Following a discussion of their prevalence, their role in development and causal factors, and their impact upon religious belief, the author discusses the relationship between religious doubts and anxiety and depression. Religious doubts may enter the psychotherapeutic process, and the author discusses one form of religious cognitive-behavioral therapy using the Bible that might be useful for Christian patients with such doubts. The author presents a case study to exemplify these points.
authors.affiliation: University College London.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dein
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001633:Bible; D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011599:Psychopathology; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012069:Religion and Psychology