Grace for the afflicted
Subtitle: a clinical and biblical perspective on mental illness
By: Matthew S. Stanford
Edition: Revised & expanded, second edition.
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780830845071
Subjects: Mental illness; Mental health; Spiritual healing; Church work with the mentally ill; Religious aspects; Pastoral counseling
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Section one: Psychology, psychiatry, and faith. Fearfully and wonderfully made ; The adversary ; The secular and the sacred ; A cake of figs; title: Section two: Mental disorders. A lost mind : schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders ; Tormented : bipolar and related disorders ; In the valley of darkness : depressive disorders ; Overwhelmed : anxiety disorders ; Broken and crushed : trauma- and stressor-related disorders ; Distressed and destructive : personality disorders; title: Section three: Neurological disorders. Stricken in years : dementia ; Struck down by violence : cerebrovascular accidents ; The golden bowl : traumatic brain injury; title: Section four: Caring for those who are suffering. A fatal decision : suicide; title: A holistic approach to recovery ; Mental illness and the church.