Write-Up by Harold Koenig

Hello, my friend. I am a psychiatrist at Duke University, United States. I’m also a professor and clinical researcher at the University. For nearly 40 years I have studied the relationship between religious faith and mental health and have written more than 55 books on the subject, along with nearly 600 scientific articles as a result of this research.

I have found that religious beliefs and practices are helpful to many, many people in ways that help them make sense of difficult life situations and derive meaning and purpose from some of the most challenging and painful of circumstances. Religious faith and practice are powerful ways that help to protect people from suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts, often doing so by reducing depression, giving hope, relieving anxiety, and giving people the strength to overcome addictions.

I have found that religious belief and practice work hand-in-hand with psychiatric care and antidepressants to overcome depression, sadness, and hopelessness.

Whatever your religious faith, this website will give you new direction and help you to derive the meaning and purpose that you will need to fight off suicidal thoughts. The information here will help you to realize that your life has meaning and purpose. No matter what your circumstances, and often because of your circumstances, God can use you in powerful ways to affect the lives of others, ways that you are uniquely created to do.

Give this website a try. You have nothing to lose.

Harold G. Koenig, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, P.R. China
Visiting Professor, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran