More and more studies are revealing a remarkable connection between a person’s spiritual health and their mental or emotional health. Today we’ll be talking to a physician and professor who may be the most published researcher in the world on this topic. Spiritual and mental health on today’s edition of Ask Dr. Walt.
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More and more studies are revealing a remarkable connection between a person’s spiritual health and their mental or emotional health. Today we’ll be talking to a physician and professor who may be the most published researcher in the world on this topic. Spiritual and mental health on today’s edition of Ask Dr. Walt.
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SHOW TRANSCRIPT
SHOW 25
The Impact of Spiritual Health on Mental Health
GUEST INTERVIEW
Harold G. Koenig, MD
TEASE:
More and more studies are revealing a remarkable connection between a person’s spiritual health and their mental or emotional health. Today we’ll be talking to a physician and professor who may be the most published researcher in the world on this topic. Spiritual and mental health on today’s edition of Ask Dr. Walt.
OPEN:
Hi, everyone. I’m family physician Dr. Walt Larimore. Thanks for joining me for a topic of importance to all of us, the emotional and mental health of ourselves and our families. I think it makes intuitive sense to most people that our spirituality or religiousness can impact our emotional or mental health. But is that impact a positive one or a negative one or a mixed bag?
To help us answer these questions is someone you’ve met before on this program, Harold G. Koenig, MD. Dr. Koenig is the Director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at the Duke University Medical Center where he also serves as a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and an Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Koenig is uniquely qualified to help us with today’s program due to his training and expertise in family medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics. He’s also the lead author of Oxford University’s Handbook of Religion and Health, which he authored with two Harvard professors. Finally, we both were trained at Duke.
SAY GOOD-BYE TO DR. KOENIG:
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So, until our next visit, “Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.” I’m Dr. Walt Larimore and I look forward to seeing you for my next episode of “Ask Dr. Walt.”
Disclaimer: The “Ask Dr. Walt” show is designed for entertainment purposes to give information on various medical conditions, treatments, and procedures for your personal knowledge and to help you be a more informed consumer of medical and health services.
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