Mental Medicine: Some Practical Suggestions from a Spiritual Standpoint

Published in 1909. This work is based on five conferences with students at the Johns Hopkins Medical School. Contents of this work are: First Conference. Mental and Spiritual Factors in the Problems of Health: The New Outlook for Health; The Unique Powers of Mind; The Spiritual Mastery of the Body. Second Conference. The Therapeutic Value of Faith and Prayer: Faith as a Vital Force; The Healing Value of Prayer. Third Conference. Possibilities in the Control of Subconscious. Glimpses of the Subconscious Self; The Training of the Hidden Energies. Fourth Conference. Some Elements in Morbid Moods: The Casting Out of Fear; The Control of the Imagination; The Cause and Cure of the Worry-Habit. Fifth Conference. The Higher Factors in the Reeducation of the Nerves: The Gospel of Relaxation; Work as a Factor in Health; and The Inspiration of the Mental Outlook.