"Experiences of health and illness are fundamental to how we understand ourselves, and the postmodern obsession with body image has made health even more significant in identity formation. The study of subjective experiences of health and illness can also provide a challenge to traditional objective medical knowledge and, given current healthcare interest in user involvement, can highlight the need for change in health service provision. ..."
"Much has been written about the influence of religion on the Northern Ireland conflict and the part played by ex-combatants in the peace process. Yet we know very little about the religious outlook of ex-combatants themselves. Are they personally devout? Is religion important to their political identity? Did faith play a role in their decision to take up arms, or lay them down? And now that their war is over, does religion help them cop ..."
"Mental fitness is a less stigmatising term than Mental Health 2. The five actions
for improving mental ... Coming into this class, if you think 'mental health and well
-being,' people think what's wrong with him? Or you know, if it's 'mental fitness' it's
..."
"The Role of Religion in Transitional Justice John Brewer, David Mitchell, Gerard Leavey. Brewer, J. (2011) 'Dealing with Emotions in Peacemaking', in S. Karstedt, I. Loader and H. Strang (eds), Emotions, Crime ... Brewer, J. and Teeney, F. ( 2013) 'Violence, Tolerance and Religious Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland', in S. Brunn (ed), ... Coward, H. and Smith, G. (eds) (2004) Religion and Peacebuilding."
"2005) and while there is growing attention on excombatants, this literature is
dominated by the single question of their positive contribution to the peace
process (for the best example of this genre, see Shirlow, Tonge, McAuley, and
McGlynn, ..."
"The Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut, gold-medal winner in the Munich Olympic Games, reported on a tour of Germany following the Games: during ... Young ( 1993) has recorded this same mind-set amongst coaches in Sport, health and identity 107."
"For Andrew Sims, the psychiatrist, continuity is a fundamental human need
around which we base the healthy self. ... or from organic states, from neuroses
or depression or even from some healthy people in abnormal situations (
possession states)' (Sims 1995). ... to brush aside racial, linguistic and cultural
barriers and may be considered as possessing salutiferous effects for the
individual and society."
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