By Bob Condor — 1996
You don't have to take it on faith anymore. Religion can be good for your health. That is the urgent message of Dr. David B. Larson, a psychiatrist who has improbably dedicated his career to exploring the subject.
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Thousands of Americans choose faith healings over medical intervention every day, for themselves and for their children. When does a country that prides itself on freedom of religion declare that public health trumps personal belief?
Faith healing has existed for thousands of years before the principles of modern medicine were established...more effective than the power of Wicca, shamanism, Druidism and prayer.
Some fundamentalists don’t believe in medications or psychological treatments for mental illness. Small groups of faith healers believe that prayer can heal and shun conventional medical support.
According to a NEWSWEEK Poll, 72 percent of Americans say they would welcome a conversation with their physician about faith; the same number say they believe that praying to God can cure someone--even if science says the person doesn't stand a chance.
From a scientific perspective, faith healing is unexplained, incomprehensible, and should not work. Yet it does work. The same is true of drug placebo effects, of course.
Miraculous cures continue to be reported on a regular basis: what are we to make of them?
For now, they believe healing by phone is effective. That’s how they have prayed for the healing of a few people in their extended community who have the virus.
When we decided to explore healing in this issue, we knew that Dr. Bolen could contribute a depth of understanding about healing, in general and about healing of the psyche, in particular.
Dr. Jones strives to be a model of clarity, healing, and evolutionary truth for each of her clients, but most importantly, herself. - Kelley Raye
My practice shifted tremendously. Instead of working with a client for an hour, I was now working between 4 hours and 2 days at a time with one person. - Dr. Crystal Jones