Raphael M. Bonelli (born September 10, 1968 in Schärding in Austria) is an Austrian neuroscientist and psychiatrist.

[12] In a cooperation with Harold Koenig from Duke University he undertook the first systematic evidence based analysis on the connection between mental disorders and religion.

[13] In 2007, Bonelli was the organizer of an academic conference in Graz with the subject „Religiosität in Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie“ ("Religiosity in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy"), which led to controversies concerning unscientific presentations like "Konversionstherapie" (conversion therapy) and exorcism.

[15] Bonelli is earning his living as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist since 2008[16][17] in a Viennese private practice.

[23] Bonelli identifies himself as a critic of political measures against the Corona crisis in Austria.