Sadness, depression, and the dark night of the soul
By: Glòria Durà-Vilà ; foreword by Professor Roland Littlewood
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781785920561
Subjects: Depression; Mental Depression; Pastoral Care; Christianity; Medicalization; Church work with the mentally ill; Pastoral counseling of; Religion and Psychology; Depressed persons
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Depression and the medicalization of sadness : conceptualisation and help-seeking; title: The role of the clergy in the management of sadness and depression, and their collaboration with mental health professionals; title: Sketches on the catholic church and monasticism; title: The participants and their ways of life; title: Conceptualisation of sadness, depression and the Dark Night of the Soul; title: Coping and help-seeking for sadness and depression; title: The role of the clergy in the care of sadness and depression, and their collaboration with mental health professionals; title: The medicalization of sadness and the Dark Night of the Soul; title: Religious coping with sadness and depression; title: The clergy's role in assisting those suffering from sadness and depression; title: A framework to differentiate normal sadness from depression.