Grace for the afflicted : a clinical and biblical perspective on mental illness / Matthew S. Stanford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanford, Matthew S., 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Religious aspects.

Mental illness.

Mental health--Religious aspects.

Mental health.

Church work with the mentally ill.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

Revised and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Ilinois : IVP Books, [2017]

Summary:

"Why has the church struggled in ministering to those with mental illnesses? As both a church leader and a professor of psychology and behavioral sciences, Matthew S. Stanford has written this thoroughly revised and updated resource to educate Christians about mental illness from both biblical and scientific perspective. 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 probes what science says and what the Bible says about each illness. Consistent with DSM-5 diagnoses, this revised and expanded edition is thoroughly updated with new material throughout, including eight new chapters that cover bipolar disorders, trauma- and stressor-related disorders, dementia, cerebrovascular accidents (stroke), traumatic brain injury, suicide, a holistic approach to recovery, mental health and the church."-- $c Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1: Psychology, psychiatry, and faith

Fearfully and wonderfully made

The adversary

The secular and the sacred

A cake of figs

Section 2: 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

Section 3: Neurological disorders

Stricken in years: dementia

Struck down by violence: cerebrovascular accidents

The golden bowl: traumatic brain injury

Section 4: Caring for those who are suffering

A fatal decision: suicide

A holistic approach to recovery

Mental illness and the church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780830890804

0830890807