Counseling for the soul in distress
Subtitle: what every religious counselor should know about emotional and mental illness
By: Richard W. Roukema.
Contributors: Roukema, Richard W.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Haworth Pastoral Press; Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Mentally ill -- Pastoral counseling of; Mental illness
Description: "This revised edition of The Soul in Distress is a reader-friendly overview of the full range of adult psychiatric disorders. Updated with new information on genetics, brain scans, heredity, new medications, and stress, it suggests ways for clergy to assist their congregants suffering from these illnesses and provides ethical guidance and clinical examples that show how physical disease can affect mental health. It also examines new short-term therapies and ways to handle difficult personalities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-266) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Soul in distress. c1997.