Address
DUMC 3400
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-620-4070
Office Telephone
919-681-6633
Fax Telephone
919-383-6962
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
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.
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)
