Faith, Medicine, and Science: A Festschrift in Honor of Dr. David B. Larson

* About the Editors * About Dr. David B. Larson * Foreword * Preface (William P. Wilson) * PART I: TRIBUTES TO DR. DAVID B. LARSON * Chapter 1. Faith Matters: Reflections on the Life and Work of Dr. David B. Larson (Jeff Levin and Harold G. Koenig) * Introduction * Dave Larson, the Pioneer * Dave Larson, the Person * Dave Larson, the Scientist * Dave Larson's Legacy * Chapter 2. Personal Remembrances * Chapter 3. Eulogies (David Chad Larson and Kristen Joan Larson) * Chapter 4. The Nearly Forgotten Factor in Psychiatry: What a Difference a Decade Makes: The Twentieth Annual Oskar Pfister Award Address (Susan S. Larson) * Spiritual Coping After 9/11: New England Journal of Medicine Findings * Importance of Religion/Spirituality in the U.S. Population * Relevance of Religion/Spirituality for Mental Health Patients * A Research Quest * Summary * PART II: SELECTED WRITINGS OF DR. DAVID B. LARSON * Chapter 5. Religious Life of Alcoholics (David B. Larson and William P. Wilson) * Method * Results * Discussion * Conclusion * Chapter 6. Systematic Analysis of Research on Religious Variables in Four Major Psychiatric Journals, 1978-1982 (David B. Larson, Abdul R. Omran, E. Mansell Pattison, Berton H. Kaplan, and Dan G. Blazer) * Religious Research in Psychiatry and in Behavioral Science * Results * Discussion * Chapter 7. Religious Affiliations in Mental Health Research Samples As Compared with National Samples (David B. Larson, Mansell Pattison, Michael J. Donahue, Everett L. Worthington Jr., John S. Lyons, Dan G. Blazer, and Peter L. Benson) * Method * Results * Discussion * Chapter 8. Associations Between Dimensions of Religious Commitment and Mental Health Reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry: 1978-1989 (David B. Larson, Samuel B. Thielman, Kimberly A. Sherrill, Mary A. Greewold, John S. Lyons, Susan S. Larson, and Frederic C. Craigie Jr.) * Method * Results * Discussion * Chapter 9. Religious Content in the DSM-III-R Glossary of Technical Terms (David B. Larson, Stephen G. Post, Samuel B. Thielman, Kimberly A. Sherrill, Mary A. Greenwold, Glenn G. Wood, John S. Lyons, and Susan S. Larson) * Method * Results * Discussion * Chapter 10. The Couch and the Cloth: The Need for Linkage (David B. Larson, Keith G. Meador, Ann A. Hohmann, Jeffrey H. Boyd, Larry G. Kessler, and Elisabeth McSherry) * Methods * Results * Discussion * Chapter 11. The Impact of Religion on Men's Blood Pressure (David B. Larson, Raymond S. Greenberg, Harold G. Koenig, Everett Logue, Berton H. Kaplan, and Herman A. Tyroler) * Introduction * Methods * Results * Discussion * Conclusion * Chapter 12. A Systematic Review of Nursing Home Research in Three Psychiatric Journals: 1966-1985 (David B. Larson, Wendy M. Huckeba, John S. Lyons, Peter V. Rabins, Ann A. Hohmann, Barry D. Lebowitz, and Robert S. Beardsley) * Methods * Results * Discussion * Chapter 13. Mortality and Religion/Spirituality: A Brief Review of the Research (David B. Larson, Susan S. Larson, and Harold G. Koenig) * Mortality Findings in Community-Dwelling Study Populations * Longitudinal Mortality Studies in Israel * Recent Mortality Studies of U.S. Regional Community Samples * Meta-Analysis of Mortality Studies * Findings Among Patient Populations * Summary * Chapter 14. Have Faith: Religion Can Heal Mental Ills (David B. Larson) * PART III: THE LIFE OF DAVID B. LARSON * Chapter 15. David: My D