Counseling for the soul in distress : what every religious counselor should know about emotional and mental illness / / Richard W. Roukema

• Autore: Roukema Richard W.
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 259/.42
• Soggetto topico: Mentally ill - Pastoral counseling of; Mental illness - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Altri autori: RoukemaRichard W
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: Soul in distress. c1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; TitlePage; CopyrightPage; Table ofContents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction: Conflicts and Concernsof Religion and Psychiatry; A Look Backward; CommonRoles; Historical Changes; What Psychiatry Can Do; Chapter 2. Parents, Society, and Heredity; The Freudian Revolution: The Shift to ParentalResponsibility; Effect on Child Rearing; The Shift to Social Causes; Reactions to Social Changes; Research on Heredity of Mental Illness; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Biochemistry,Mental Illness, and Medication; What Is a Disease?; TheUse of Medication in Psychiatry ; Selecting the Proper MedicationChapter4. Mood Disorders: Depression and Manic States; Prevalence of Depression; The Nature of Depression; What Causes Depression?; EnvironmentallyInduced 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?; Chapter 5. Schizophrenic Disorders; What Is Schizophrenia?; A Brief History; What Causes Schizophrenia?; Antipsychotic Drugs (Neuroleptics); The Role of the Clergy ; Chapter 6. Other Psychotic DisordersDelusional Disorder; Schizophreniform Disorder; Schizoaffective Disorder; Brief Psychotic Disorder; Shared Psychotic Disorder; Psychotic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition; Treatmentof the Psychoses; The Role of the Clergy; Chapter 7. The Neuroses; Anxiety Disorders; SomatoformDisorders; Dissociative Disorders; What Can the Clergy Do About Anxiety Disorders?; Chapter 8. Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; What Is Alcoholism?; Why Do People Drink Alcohol?; Drinking Patterns; How Many People Drink Alcohol?; Types ofAlcoholism; Drug Abuse ; Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug AbuseThe ImportantRole of Alcoholics Anonymous; Substance Abuse and the Clergy; Chapter 9. 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?; Chapter 10. Personality Disorders; How Does the Personality Develop?; Classification of Personality Disorders; Understanding Personality Types; Personality Types and the Clergy; Chapter 11. The Psychological Effects of Loss; Losses Large and Small ; Defending Against LossRecognizing Stages of Grief in the Family; Dealing with Loss; Lossand the Clergy; Chapter 12. Sexual Problems in Our Culture; Recent Changes; The Sexual Disorders; The Paraphilias; Sexual Dysfunctions; Treatment; Other Sexual Topics; What Can the Clergy Do?; Chapter 13. Eating Disorders; Early Feeding; An Overview of Eating Disorders; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Binge-Eating Disorder; Obesity; Further Research Directions; What the Clergy Can Do; Chapter 14. Understanding Stress; Stress: Yesterday and Today; Human Development and Stress; Stresses of Childhood ; Adult Stresses
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Counseling for the soul in distress
• ISBN: 0-7890-1630-3; 1-315-80902-8; 1-317-78829-X; 1-317-78830-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790807103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II