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Author Roukema, Richard W

Title Counseling for the soul in distress : what every religious counselor should know about emotional and mental illness / Richard W. Roukema
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Haworth Pastoral Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages)
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
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?
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
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
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?
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
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
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
Notes Revised edition of: Soul in distress. ©1997
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index
Notes English
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Subject Mentally ill -- Pastoral counseling of
Mental illness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Mental illness.
Mental Disorders
mental disorders.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- General.
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Adult.
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Counseling & Recovery.
Mental illness
Mental illness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Mentally ill -- Pastoral counseling of
Pastorale psychologie.
Pastoraat.
Counseling.
Psychische stoornissen.
Form Electronic book
Author Roukema, Richard W. Soul in distress
ISBN 9781317788294
131778829X
9781315809021
1315809028
1317788303
9781317788300