Christianity And Psychiatry

Author : John R. Peteet,H. Steven Moffic,Ahmed Hankir,Harold G. Koenig
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030808549

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Christianity and Psychiatry by John R. Peteet,H. Steven Moffic,Ahmed Hankir,Harold G. Koenig Pdf

This book aims to help readers appreciate the many-faceted relationship between Christianity, one of the world’s major faith traditions, and the practice of psychiatry. Chapter authors in this book first consider challenges posed by historical antagonisms, church-based mental health stigma, and controversy over phenomena such as hearing voices. Next, others explore both how Christians often experience conditions such as mood and psychotic disorders, disorders in children and adolescents, moral injury and PTSD, and ways that their faith can serve as a resource in their healing. Twelve Step spirituality, originally informed by Christianity, is the subject of a chapter, as are issues raised for Christians by disability, death and dying. A set of chapters then focuses on the state of integration of Christian beliefs and practices into psychotherapy, treatment delivery, educational programming, clergy/clinician collaboration, and treatment by a non-Christian psychiatrist. Finally, there are chapters by a mental health professional who has been a patient, a Jewish psychiatrist, a Muslim psychiatrist knowledgeable about Christianity and psychiatry in the Muslim majority world, and a Christian psychiatrist. These chapters provide context, diversity and personal perspectives. Christianity and Psychiatry is a valuable resource for mental health professionals seeking to understand and address the particular challenges that arise when caring for Christian patients.

Author : Frank B. Minirth,Walter Byrd
Publisher : Fleming H. Revell Company
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 0800753526

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Christian Psychiatry by Frank B. Minirth,Walter Byrd Pdf

Author : Kam-Shing Yip
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 1634836316

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Christianity and Mental Health by Kam-Shing Yip Pdf

Spirituality, Christianity and mental health have long been a concern in our society. This concern is increasingly pressing in recent decades as mental problems soar because of tension, anxiety, failure and frustration in our societies. In terms of Christian belief, spirituality is interpreted as the encounter with The Almighty God and the total recognition and surrender to the salvation of Jesus Christ. Thus, mental health, in terms of Christianity, should consist of two major different types. The first type is secular mental health. The second type should be a sacred and spiritual model of mental health. This book focuses on a combination of secular discussions as well as a biblical interpretation of Christianity and mental health, hardship and resilience, rejoice and sadness, freedom and inner conflict, sins and spiritual transcendence. Chapter one starts with a comprehensive review on the concept of secular mental health. The writer describes an initial conceptualization of sacred mental health within Christian belief and biblical articulation. Chapter Two is a full articulation of secular and Christian concepts of suffering described in the Book of Job. Chapter Three is a refined comparison among secular concepts about positive psychology and happiness, existential articulation on the meaning of life, as well as the full articulation of rejoice from imitation of Christ humility in Book of Philippians written by Paul in Holy Bible. Chapter Four is a comprehensive discussion on secular and sacred conflicts in Christians as well as freedom from a connection with the Holy Spirit and immersion with Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.

Author : Kathryn Greene-McCreight
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781587431753

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Darkness Is My Only Companion by Kathryn Greene-McCreight Pdf

A brave and compassionate look at mental illness that offers theological understanding and personal insights from author's experiences.

Author : Philippe Huguelet,Harold G. Koenig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521889520

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Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry by Philippe Huguelet,Harold G. Koenig Pdf

This book was the first to specifically address the impact of religion and spirituality on mental illness.

Author : Matthew S. Stanford
Publisher : Paternoster Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Church work with the mentally ill
ISBN : 1934068446

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Grace for the Afflicted by Matthew S. Stanford Pdf

Grace for the Afflicted is written to educate Christians about mental illness from both biblical and scientific perspectives. Stanford presents insights into our physical and spiritual nature and discusses the appropriate role of psychology and psychiatry in the life of the believer. Describing common mental disorders, Stanford asks of each: "What does science say and what does the Bible say about this illness?"--Publisher description.

Author : O. Quentin Hyder
Publisher : Fleming H. Revell Company
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015004404037

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The Christian's Handbook of Psychiatry by O. Quentin Hyder Pdf

This book is written for committed Christians. It is intended to help those people who would call themselves "born-again" Christian believers and who, partly because of their personal spiritual experiences, have difficulty understanding or accepting the facts of mental illness or emotional disorders. Many have believed that somehow their newfound relationship with God should necessarily protect them from emotional illness, which is regarded as sin or a punishment for sin. Many have also believed that prayer, repentance, and Bible study, without human help, can cure all such problems. Very often they can, but not always. Sometimes God uses human means to aid His healing process. - Preface.

Author : Peter Verhagen,Herman M. Van Praag,Juan José Lopez-Ibor,John Cox,Driss Moussaoui
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118378427

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Religion and Psychiatry by Peter Verhagen,Herman M. Van Praag,Juan José Lopez-Ibor,John Cox,Driss Moussaoui Pdf

Religion (and spirituality) is very much alive and shapes the cultural values and aspirations of psychiatrist and patient alike, as does the choice of not identifying with a particular faith. Patients bring their beliefs and convictions into the doctor-patient relationship. The challenge for mental health professionals, whatever their own world view, is to develop and refine their vocabularies such that they truly understand what is communicated to them by their patients. Religion and Psychiatry provides psychiatrists with a framework for this understanding and highlights the importance of religion and spirituality in mental well-being. This book aims to inform and explain, as well as to be thought provoking and even controversial. Patiently and thoroughly, the authors consider why and how, when and where religion (and spirituality) are at stake in the life of psychiatric patients. The interface between psychiatry and religion is explored at different levels, varying from daily clinical practice to conceptual fieldwork. The book covers phenomenology, epidemiology, research data, explanatory models and theories. It also reviews the development of DSM V and its awareness of the importance of religion and spirituality in mental health. What can religious traditions learn from each other to assist the patient? Religion and Psychiatry discusses this, as well as the neurological basis of religious experiences. It describes training programmes that successfully incorporate aspects of religion and demonstrates how different religious and spiritual traditions can be brought together to improve psychiatric training and daily practice. Describes the relationship of the main world religions with psychiatry Considers training, policy and service delivery Provides powerful support for more effective partnerships between psychiatry and religion in day to day clinical care This is the first time that so many psychiatrists, psychologists and theologians from all parts of the world and from so many different religious and spiritual backgrounds have worked together to produce a book like this one. In that sense, it truly is a World Psychiatric Association publication. Religion and Psychiatry is recommended reading for residents in psychiatry, postgraduates in theology, psychology and psychology of religion, researchers in psychiatric epidemiology and trans-cultural psychiatry, as well as professionals in theology, psychiatry and psychology of religion

Author : Peter Verhagen,Herman M. Van Praag,Juan José Lopez-Ibor,John Cox,Driss Moussaoui
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780470694718

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Religion and Psychiatry by Peter Verhagen,Herman M. Van Praag,Juan José Lopez-Ibor,John Cox,Driss Moussaoui Pdf

Religion (and spirituality) is very much alive and shapes the cultural values and aspirations of psychiatrist and patient alike, as does the choice of not identifying with a particular faith. Patients bring their beliefs and convictions into the doctor-patient relationship. The challenge for mental health professionals, whatever their own world view, is to develop and refine their vocabularies such that they truly understand what is communicated to them by their patients. Religion and Psychiatry provides psychiatrists with a framework for this understanding and highlights the importance of religion and spirituality in mental well-being. This book aims to inform and explain, as well as to be thought provoking and even controversial. Patiently and thoroughly, the authors consider why and how, when and where religion (and spirituality) are at stake in the life of psychiatric patients. The interface between psychiatry and religion is explored at different levels, varying from daily clinical practice to conceptual fieldwork. The book covers phenomenology, epidemiology, research data, explanatory models and theories. It also reviews the development of DSM V and its awareness of the importance of religion and spirituality in mental health. What can religious traditions learn from each other to assist the patient? Religion and Psychiatry discusses this, as well as the neurological basis of religious experiences. It describes training programmes that successfully incorporate aspects of religion and demonstrates how different religious and spiritual traditions can be brought together to improve psychiatric training and daily practice. Describes the relationship of the main world religions with psychiatry Considers training, policy and service delivery Provides powerful support for more effective partnerships between psychiatry and religion in day to day clinical care This is the first time that so many psychiatrists, psychologists and theologians from all parts of the world and from so many different religious and spiritual backgrounds have worked together to produce a book like this one. In that sense, it truly is a World Psychiatric Association publication. Religion and Psychiatry is recommended reading for residents in psychiatry, postgraduates in theology, psychology and psychology of religion, researchers in psychiatric epidemiology and trans-cultural psychiatry, as well as professionals in theology, psychiatry and psychology of religion

Author : Harold G. Koenig
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 008053371X

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Handbook of Religion and Mental Health by Harold G. Koenig Pdf

The Handbook of Religion and Mental Health is a useful resource for mental health professionals, religious professionals, and counselors. The book describes how religious beliefs and practices relate to mental health and influence mental health care. It presents research on the association between religion and personality, coping behavior, anxiety, depression, psychoses, and successes in psychotherapy and includes discussions on specific religions and their perspectives on mental health. Provides a useful resource for religious and mental health professionals Describes the connections between spirituality, religion, and physical and mental health Discusses specific religions and their perspectives on mental health Presents research on the association between religion and personality, coping behavior, anxiety, depression, psychoses, and successes in psychotherapy

Author : Seth Farber
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830819398

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Unholy Madness by Seth Farber Pdf

For nearly four decades social critics such as Philip Rieff and Christopher Lasch have bemoaned the "triumph of the therapeutic" in our "culture of narcissism." But whatever their level of uneasiness about the psychologizing of reality, most Christians have made some degree of peace with the reigning power of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic outlooks. Seth Farber is not one of those Christians. In his estimation psychotherapy has become "a replacement for involvement in the spiritual life of the church," with pastors and other Christian leaders too quickly deferring to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. Unholy Madness is prompted by Farber's passionate insistence that Christianity and psychiatry are nothing less than competing faiths. Farber's radical argument cuts to the root of the mental health system and challenges the church to consider how much it may have constricted its own vision and neglected its unique responsibilities in its accomodation to that system. Taking on giants from Augustine to Freud, wide-ranging and never boring, Unholy Madness is not likely to persuade all its readers. But none will be able to see these issues in the same way again. -- Publisher.

Author : Christopher C.H. Cook,Isabelle Hamley
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334059776

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The Bible and Mental Health by Christopher C.H. Cook,Isabelle Hamley Pdf

Is it possible to develop such a thing as a biblical theology of mental health? How might we develop a helpful and pastoral use of scripture to explore questions of mental health within a Christian framework? This timely and important book integrates the highest levels of biblical scholarship with theological and pastoral concerns to consider how we use scripture when dealing with mental health issues. Chapters include: *Paula Gooder on Healing and wholeness *Joanna Collicutt on Jesus and mental health *Isabelle Hamley on Job *David Firth on Anxiety in Scripture *John Swinton on The Bible in Pastoral Care *Walter Brueggemann on Psalms and lament With a foreword from Archbishop Justin Welby

Author : Tasia Scrutton
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334058908

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Christianity and Depression by Tasia Scrutton Pdf

It is now universally accepted that we are experiencing a profound mental health epidemic, and too often Christians have struggled to know how to respond. The need for the church to take mental health issues more seriously is urgent, and this is perhaps especially true when it comes to understanding depression. Offering a theological and biblical account of depression, this book considers how depression has been understood and interpreted by Christians and how plausible and pastorally helpful these understandings are. It offers an important and well-informed resource for those with, or preparing for, positions of pastoral responsibility within the Christian Church With a foreword by John Swinton.

Author : Ed Bulkley
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1565070267

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Why Christians Can't Trust Psychology by Ed Bulkley Pdf

Where should Christians go to heal the deep hurts in their hearts? Today’s search for inner fulfillment has exploded into the Recovery movement, complete with twelve-step seminars, counseling programs, and self-help books. Thousands are looking to Christian psychology to help them attain victory over modern dysfunctions. Does that mean the Bible alone is no longer adequate for the problems faced by Christians today? Some say we need the Bible plus psychology. Others say the Bible alone is sufficient. With deep insight and candor, pastoral counselor Ed Bulkley presents the opposing sides of this issue—and offers trustworthy, biblical answers for those who long to break away from pain and guilt and know true freedom...genuine inner peace...and a fresh beginning. The pressures to find the solutions to human hurt and suffering have never been greater. Clear answers are urgently needed for the hurting—today.

Author : Dinesh Bhugra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780429955303

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Psychiatry and Religion by Dinesh Bhugra Pdf

Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies works to eradicate the distinction between spiritual and psychological welfare and promote greater understanding of the relationship between the two. This book brings together chapters from fifteen mental health practitioners and pastoral workers to explore what their different philosophies have to offer the individuals in their care. As well as all the major world religions, the text also provides detailed information about newer religions and the significance of their belief systems for mental health management. The book examines the positive and negative effects that strict moral codes and religious rituals can produce and shows how awareness of these effects is crucial to the treatment of these patients. This classic edition of Psychiatry and Religion, with a new introduction from Dinesh Bhugra, will continue to provide an important resource to practicing and training psychiatrists.