Physicians

Departments / Divisions

• Psychiatry / Geriatric Psychiatry
• Medicine / Medicine - Geriatrics

Address
DUMC 3400
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-620-4070

Office Telephone
919-681-6633

Fax Telephone
919-383-6962

Training

• MD, MHSc, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, 1982

Residency

• Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, 1989-1992, 1991-1992

Fellowship

• Geropsychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, 1991-1992

Clinical Interests
Depression, dementia, psychosis, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders related to aging and/or medical illness, treatment sympathetic to patients with strong religious backgrounds, patients older than age 55

Research Interests
My primary research is focused on studying the effects of religion and spirituality on health. I am founding Co-Director of Duke’s Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health.  

For a complete bio and CV, go to the following website: http://www.spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/about/hkoenig/index.html

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

• Adventist Health System
• Austin Heights Baptist Church
• Bon Secours-Richmond Health System
• Cancer Treatment Centers of America
• Glendale Adventist Medical Center
• John Templeton Foundation (non-profit)
• Loyola University
• Oxford University Press
• Parish Nurse Ministries
• Philadelphia Mental Health Provider (PMHCC)
• Shell Point Retirement Center
• Taylor & Francis publishing co
• University of Chicago
• University of Houston
• University of Pennsylvania

Representative Publications
Huguelet P, Koenig HG. Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry.  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming (2009)

Koenig HG (2009). Research on religion, spirituality and mental health: A review. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, May issue (2009)

Koenig HG.  Medicine, Religion and Health: Where Science & Spirituality Meet. Philadelphia, PA: Templeton Foundation Press (2008)

Koenig HG.  Concerns about measuring “spirituality” in research.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 196(5):349-355 (2008)

Koenig HG. An 83-year-old woman with chronic illness and strong religious beliefs.  Journal of the American Medical Association 288 (4): 487-493 (2002)