Standing in Two Words-Episode 5-with Doctor Sam Juni PhD-Scrupulosity and Hearing the Voice of God-Flipping Out and Meticulous religious observance are NOT in themselves risk factors of mental illness-

"Do you have to be Crazy to be Religious?"Under questioning from Rabbi Kivelevitz,Doctor Juni gives voice to his startling conception of what constitutes markers for mental illness.Bucking the usual liberal bias against rigorous religious practices,the professor cogently explains how aberrant thinking is highly relative to the milieu the individual was raised and lives in.The most stringent sects of Judaism,even those ascribing near-prophetic abilities to their Rebbe,do not in themselves evince any more psychotic behavior than an atheistic conclave who deny the existence of any metaphysical forces.Juni succinctly indicates the causes of "Jerusalem Syndrome",and allays the fear of many parents of Gap-Year post-high school students,who soon discover their child has "Flipped Out" in Eretz Yisroel.He addresses the prevalence of OCD behavior in many observing religious hygiene and Kashrus laws,praising the leaders in Charedi circles who are attempting to eliminate them.Doctor Juni highlights Avraham Avinu's struggle of the Akeidah, from the perspective of Social Psychiatry,and pinpoints what the nisoyon actually was.Doctor Samuel Juniis one of the foremost research psychologists in the world today.He has published groundbreaking original research in seventy different peer reviewed journals, and is cited continuously with respect by colleagues and experts in the field who have built on his theories and observations.Samuel Juni studied inYeshivas Chaim Berlinunder Rav Yitzchack Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as aTalmidof Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchick.ProfessorJuni is a prominent member of theAssociation of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, and has regularly presented addresses to captivated audiences.Associated with NYU since 1979,Juni has served as Director of MA and PhD programs, all the while heading teams engaged in important research.Professor Juni's scholarship on aberrant behavior across the cultural, ethnic, and religious spectrum is founded onpsychometric methodologyand based on a psycho-dynamicpsychopathologyperspective.He is possibly the world's expert inDifferential Diagnostics, with each of his myriad studiesentailing parallel efforts in theory construction and empirical data collection from normative and clinical populations.Professor Juni created and directed NYU's Graduate Program in Tel Aviv titledCross-Cultural Group Dynamics in Stressful Environments.Based inYerushalayim, he collaborates with Israeli academic and mental health specialists in the study of dissonant factors and tensions in the Arab-Israeli conflict and those within the Orthodox Jewish community, while exploring personality challenges of second-generation Holocaust survivors.Below is a partial list of the journalsto which Professor Juni has contributed over 120 articles.Many are available on lineJournal of Forensic PsychologyJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.International Review of VictimologyThe Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseInternational Forum of PsychoanalysisJournal of Personality AssessmentJournal of Abnormal PsychologyJournal of Psychoanalytic AnthropologyPsychophysiologyPsychology and Human DevelopmentJournal of Sex ResearchJournal of Psychology and JudaismContemporary Family TherapyAmerican Journal on AddictionsJournal of Criminal PsychologyMental Health, Religion & CulturePlease leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate