Simon Dein

Biography

Professor Simon Dein is a consultant psychiatrist in Essex UK specializing in rehabilitation and liaison psychiatry. He holds a PhD in social anthropology from University College London where he currently teaches as a Senior Lecturer. He is an honorary clinical professor at Durham University where he runs an MSc in Spirituality, Theology and Health. He has written widely on religion and health among Hasidic Jews, Evangelical Christians and Sunni Muslims in the UK. He is founding editor of the journal Mental Health, Religion and Culture. He is Chair of the spirituality section of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry.He is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Spirituality and Psychiatry SIG Executive Committee

Research Interest

Religious healing in Pentecostalism Mental Health and Islam Prophecy and Jewish Millennialism Psychology of Atheism