| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Revised edition of: Soul in distress. c1997. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index. |
| Contents |
Conflicts and concerns of religion and psychiatry. A look backward -- Common roles -- Historical changes -- What psychiatry can do -- Parents, society, and heredity. The Freudian revolution : the shift to parental responsibility -- Effect on child rearing -- The shift to social causes -- Reactions to social changes -- Research on heredity of mental illness -- Conclusion -- Biochemistry, mental illness, and medication. What is a disease? -- The use of medication in psychiatry. |
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Selecting the proper medication -- Mood disorders : depression and manic states. Prevalence of depression -- The nature of depression -- What causes depression? -- Environmentally induced depression : Phil -- A biologically induced depression : Bob -- Medical treatment -- Antidepressant medications -- Using antidepressants in other psychiatric conditions -- A look backward -- Beyond medication -- How can the clergy help? |
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Schizophrenic Disorders. What is schizophrenia? -- A brief history -- What causes schizophrenia? -- Antipsychotic drugs (Neuroleptics) -- The role of the clergy -- Other psychotic disorders. Delusional disorder -- Schizophreniform disorder -- Schizoaffective disorder -- Brief psychotic disorder -- Shared psychotic disorder -- Psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition -- Treatment of the psychoses -- The role of the clergy. |
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The neuroses. Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- Dissociative disorders -- What can the clergy do about anxiety disorders? -- Alcoholism and drug abuse. What is alcoholism? -- Why do people drink alcohol? -- Drinking patterns -- How many people drink alcohol? -- Types of alcoholism -- Drug abuse -- Treatment of alcoholism and drug abuse -- The important role of alcoholics anonymous -- Substance abuse and the clergy. |
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Organic Mental Disorders. Overview of organic mental disorders -- What causes organic mental disorders? -- Diagnosing organic brain disease -- Organic disease masquerading as emotional illness -- What can the clergy do? |
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Personality disorders. How does the personality develop? -- Classification of personality disorders -- Understanding personality types -- Personality types and the clergy -- The psychological effects of loss. Losses large and small -- Defending against loss -- Recognizing stages of grief in the family -- Dealing with loss -- Loss and the clergy -- Sexual Problems in Our Culture. Recent changes -- The sexual disorders -- The paraphilias -- Sexual dysfunctions -- Treatment. |
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Other sexual topics -- What can the clergy do? -- Eating disorders -- Early feeding -- An overview of eating disorders -- Anorexia nervosa -- Bulimia -- Binge-eating disorder -- Obesity -- Further research directions -- What the clergy can do -- Understanding stress. Stress : yesterday and today -- Human development and stress -- Stresses of childhood -- Adult stresses -- Stress on the job -- Identity problems -- The stress of loss -- Marital stress -- Coping with stress -- Exploring needs. |
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Pastoral Ethics : a psychiatrist's view -- Confidentiality -- Transference and countertransference problems -- Countertransference -- Commitment -- Summary -- Psychotherapists : who, what, why, and when to refer. The psychiatrist's education -- Basic assumptions in psychiatry -- Types of psychotherapy -- Recent developments -- The competent psychotherapist -- Choosing a psychotherapist. |
| Summary |
Learn how to help your congregants work cooperatively with mental health professionals! This revised edition of The Soul in Distress i is a reader-friendly overview of the full range of adult psychiatric disorders. Updated with new information on genetics, brain scans, heredity, developmental concerns, new medications, and stress, it suggests ways for clergy to assist their congregants suffering from these illnesses and provides ethical guidance and clinical examples, often illustrating how physical disease can affect mental health. It also examines new short-term therapies and ways t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mentally ill -- Pastoral counseling of.
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Mentally ill -- Pastoral counseling of. |
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Mentally ill. |
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Mental illness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Mental illness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Roukema, Richard W.
Soul in distress.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roukema, Richard W. Counseling for the soul in distress. Second edition 078901629X (DLC) 2002027290 (OCoLC)50166709 |
| ISBN |
9781317788294 (electronic book) |
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131778829X (electronic book) |
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9781315809021 |
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1315809028 |
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078901629X |
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9780789016294 |
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0789016303 |
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9780789016300 |
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