Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families
Title | Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Albers |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2012-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1451417144 |
In Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, psychiatrists and pastoral theologians come together in an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort to ensure accuracy of information concerning the medical dimensions of mental illness, interpret these illnesses from a faith perspective, and make suggestions relative to effective ministry. Readers will learn how science and a faith tradition can not only co-exist but work in tandem to alleviate the pain of the afflicted and affected.
Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, Second Edition
Title | Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, Second Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Albers |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2019-12-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1506457835 |
Those who are afflicted as well as those who are adversely affected by mental illness often live lives of "quiet desperation" without recourse to appropriate assistance. Most caregivers confronted with these illnesses in the work of ministry have had no training or accurate information about mental illnesses, so frequently they do nothing, resulting in further harm and damage. Others may operate out of a theological system that does not adequately account for the nature, severity, or treatment of these illnesses. In Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, Second Edition, psychiatrists and pastoral theologians come together in an interdisciplinary, collaborative effort to ensure accuracy of information concerning the medical dimensions of mental illness, interpret these illnesses from a faith perspective, and make suggestions relative to effective ministry. Readers will learn how science and a faith tradition can not only co-exist but work in tandem to alleviate the pain of the afflicted and affected.
Mental Health and the Church
Title | Mental Health and the Church PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Grcevich, MD |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2018-02-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310534828 |
The church across North America has struggled to minister effectively with children, teens, and adults with common mental health conditions and their families. One reason for the lack of ministry is the absence of a widely accepted model for mental health outreach and inclusion. In Mental Health and the Church: A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Other Common Mental Health Conditions, Dr. Stephen Grcevich presents a simple and flexible model for mental health inclusion ministry for implementation by churches of all sizes, denominations, and organizational styles. The model is based upon recognition of seven barriers to church attendance and assimilation resulting from mental illness: stigma, anxiety, self-control, differences in social communication and sensory processing, social isolation and past experiences of church. Seven broad inclusion strategies are presented for helping persons of all ages with common mental health conditions and their families to fully participate in all of the ministries offered by the local church. The book is also designed to be a useful resource for parents, grandparents and spouses interested in promoting the spiritual growth of loved ones with mental illness.
Pastoral Diagnosis
Title | Pastoral Diagnosis PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy J. Ramsay |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781451415056 |
Pastoral Diagnosis is the first book-length analysis of pastoral assessment of parishioners' presenting problems to be published in the last two decades. This pioneering book retrieves the theological and ethical foundations of the Judeo-Christian tradition for pastoral care, opens up lines of communication between pastoral theology and the other theological disciplines, and helps clergy and other pastoral care and counseling professionals move beyond the current preoccupation with secular psychotherapy and the other social sciences.
Strength for His People
Title | Strength for His People PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Waterhouse |
Publisher | Westcliff Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Church work with the mentally ill |
ISBN | 9780970241832 |
This book explains mental illness from a Biblical worldview. It may serve as a guide for christian counselors working with schizophrenia and related problems such as depression, why God allows suffering, mental illness vs. demon possession,
Troubled Minds
Title | Troubled Minds PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Simpson |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2013-04-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830843043 |
Reflecting on the confusion, shame and grief brought on by her mother's schizophrenia, Amy Simpson provides a bracing look at the social and physical realities of mental illness. Reminding us that people with mental illness are our neighbors and our brothers and sisters in Christ, she explores new possibilities for the church to minister to this stigmatized group.
Resurrecting the Person
Title | Resurrecting the Person PDF eBook |
Author | John Swinton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780687082285 |
In Resurrecting the Person, John Swinton argues that while mental illnesses are often biological and genetic in origin, the real handicap experienced by individuals is imposed by the types of reactions, values, and attitudes which are typical of contemporary western society. In other words, how a mental illness is experienced has much to do with how it is socially constructed. How will the church react to this suggestion? Swinton suggests that the key to the effective pastoral care of individuals with severe mental illness lies not only within the realms of psychiatry, therapy, and pharmacological intervention, but in the rehumanization which is borne within the relationship of friendship.