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Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas and Kulupana, Sriya (2015) Buddhist teen worldview : some normative background for health professionals. Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 16 (Number 1). pp. 28-42. doi:10.1080/14639947.2015.1006801
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2015.1006801
Abstract
Although there are dangers in essentializing religious practice, to be able to typify the worldviews of healthy Buddhists becomes advantageous when health professionals need to recognize atypical worldviews that are potentially pathological. The paper is an anthology of potentially ambiguous claims expressed by healthy Buddhist teenagers during UK research including outlook on karma, rebirth, meditation, mindfulness, contact with spirit presences, renunciation, spiritual teachers and superstition. The testimony helps clarify diagnosis of identity, well-being and conformity issues, social withdrawal, anxiety and psychotic disorders in Buddhist teens while offering advice on management of ADHD, OCD, substance abuse and depression. While offering normalized background against which health professionals can evaluate spiritual well-being of young Buddhists the paper offers advice for how treatment can be made more culturally sensitive for Buddhists.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Buddhism -- Customs and practices, Buddhists -- Health and hygiene, Buddhists -- Mental health, Adolescent psychology, Buddhists -- Attitudes | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Contemporary Buddhism | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 1463-9947 | ||||
| Official Date: | 18 February 2015 | ||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 December 2015 | ||||
| Volume: | Volume 16 | ||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 28-42 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14639947.2015.1006801 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | University of Warwick Vice Chancellor Scholarship |
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