15. The Baal Teshuva and Mental Health, or Why the Camel Changed His Burden, and How He Felt About It

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. I. To Begin, Just Say, ‘‘How Are You?’’ 1
5. Part I: An Introduction to Ultra-Orthodoxy and Community mental health work in Jerusalem
6. 2. The Initiation of Mental Health Care for the Ultra-Orthodox 7
7. 3. Changing Attitudes in Cultural Psychiatry 13
8. 4. A Match Is Arranged Between Cultural Psychiatry and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism 17
9. 5. Varieties of Religious Identification 21
10. 6. The Parable of the Turkey 26
11. Part II: The Psychopathology of belief and ritual
12. 7. Beliefs and Delusions 37
13. 8. Visions and Hallucinations 52
14. 9. Nocturnal Hallucinations 60
15. 10. ‘‘A Big Man Dressed in Black Is Hitting Me’’ 71
16. 11. Phenomenology and Differential Diagnoses of Nocturnal Hallucinations 86
17. 12. Normative Rituals 93
18. 13. Ritual as Psychopathology, or Is the Code of Jewish Law a Compulsive's Natural Habitat? 108
19. 14. Religious Ritual and OCD 125
20. Part III: Psychopathology and Religious Return
21. 15. The Baal Teshuva and Mental Health, or Why the Camel Changed His Burden, and How He Felt About It 137
22. 16. Mental Illness and Religious Change: The Chicken or the Egg 151
23. 17. ‘‘A Very Narrow Bridge’’ 163
24. 18. Mysticism and Psychosis 178
25. 19. ‘‘Jerusalem Syndrome’’ 193
26. Part IV: The Provision of Mental Health Care
27. 20. Ultra-Orthodox Attitudes Toward Mental Health Care 213
28. 21. Improving Mental Health Care for the Ultra-Orthodox 224
29. 22. Treating Depression in the Community by the Community 241
30. Part V: Case Studies
31. 23. The Soldier of the Apocalypse 253
32. 24. The Healing Power of Ritual 270
33. 25. Paradise Regained 290
34. Part VI: Conclusion
35. 26. Betrayal 309
36. 27. Broken Souls Are Not Easily Mended 326
37. Notes 333
38. Glossary 357
39. Bibliography 363
40. Index 383