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This information is made available in order to facilitate research, mentorship, and teaching opportunities among scholars interested in the psychological study of religion. ALL other uses are prohibited. Name and Title
      Gerrit Glas, Professor (MD PhD)
Institutional Affiliation
      University Medical Centre Utrecht and University of Leiden
Mailing Address
      University Medical Centre Utrecht
      Dpt. of Psychiatry
      P.O.Box 85500
      3508 GA Utrecht
      The Netherlands

      and
      Dpt. of Philosophy
      University of Leiden
      P.O.Box 9515
      2300 RA
      Leiden
      The Netherlands

Email AddressResearch Interests
      My interests concern
      (1) the intertwinement of psychopathological and existential/religious aspects in anxiety states;
      (2) the issue of normativity in professional relationships;
      (3) the psychological significance of Kierkegaardian philosophy for psychology and psychiatry
Representative Publications
    • Hierarchy and dualism in Aristotelean psychology. Philosophia Reformata, 57 (1992), 95-116.
    • A conceptual history of anxiety and depression. In: J.A. den Boer & A. Sitsen (Eds.), Handbook on Anxiety and Depression. Marcel Dekker: New York/Basel/Hong Kong, 1994, 1-44.
    • The subjective dimension of anxiety: a neglected area in modern approaches to anxiety? In: J.A. den Boer, E. Murphy & H.G.M. Westenberg (Eds.), Clinical management of anxiety; theory and practical applications. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 1997, 43-62.
    • Psyche and faith - beyond professionalism. In: P.J. Verhagen & G. Glas (Eds.), Psyche and Faith - Beyond Professionalism. Boekencentrum: Zoetermeer, 1996, 167-184.
Research Keywords
      mental health and psychopathology, phenomenological, psychiatry and religion, object relations
Psychology and Religion Courses, Seminars, or Programs Taught
    • I organized and helped to organize several national and international conferences in the field of psychology/psychiatry and religion.
    • I am editor of the Dutch journal Psyche en Geloof (Psyche and Faith; 350 subscribers).
    • Together with professor Herman M. van Praag (MD PhD) and Peter J. Verhagen (MD) I have founded the Dutch Foundation of Psychiatry and Religion. This Foundation organizes an international conference on "Psychological aspects of biblical concepts and persons', which will be held from March 4 till March 6 2002 in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
Relevant Degrees or Certificates Available at Institution
Languages Spoken
      Dutch, English, German, French (passive better than active)

 

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