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My Top 5 Books on Mental Illness
Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?: Helping (Not Hurting) Those with Emotional Difficulties
Dwight L. Carlson, M.D. (IVP)
This clear and practical book rejects the idea that hurting people should be condemned for their pain, and it succeeds in equipping churches to provide more effective care for these people.
Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness
Kathryn Greene-McCreight (Brazos Press)
In this book, an Episcopal priest and college professor afflicted by bipolar disorder shares her experiences and wrestles through theological questions pertaining to mental illness.
Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness
Matthew S. Stanford, Ph.D. (Paternoster Publishing)
This book contains detailed information and biblical perspective about various types of disorders. It is an excellent reference to better understand the problem as well as help people with mental illness.
When Your Family Is Living with a Mental Illness
Marcia Lund (Augsburg Fortress)
Part of the Difficult Times series, this is a small booklet that church leaders can give to families affected by mental illness. It refers readers to other resources, and assures families that they are not alone in the challenges they face.
Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families
Edited by Robert H. Albers, William H. Meller, and Steven D. Thurber (Fortress Press)
These essays from psychiatrists and theologians discuss mental illness from medical, theological, and ministry perspectives. They provide detailed information for church leaders about various types of disorders.
Grieving with the Good Friday God
La complejidad hispana: Todo cambió en el 2012
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STEVE BLOEM
Hi Amy, It sounds like your book on Troubled Minds will be a great contribution to the church of Jesus Christ. Of course as a fellow author I hoped that Broken Minds Hope for Healing When You Feel Like You're Losing It, would have been part of your top five. It was nominated by Foreword Magazine as the Best Non-Fiction in 2005. The book is personal, biblical and technical account of mental illness. Have you read it? I would be glad to swap books with you. My email is bloemsteve@yahoo.com. Steve Bloem
Rick Dalbey
I would like to see a place for supernatural healing in the discussion of mental illness if we are addressing the subject from a Christian perspective. Or at least some testimonies. We all have seen every kind of disease and illness healed in the last few decades through the laying on of hands in the name of Jesus. Many books have been written, many credible testimonies given and I have witnessed much first hand. But few are writing about healing from mental illness. My daughter was healed of serious Manic Depression a year ago. We have gone through a period centuries ago when all mental illness was blamed on demons. The Pendulum has swung the other way. I believe in the physical base of mental illness and the power of medication, but what role can healing and deliverance from demons play in the recovery process?
Tom Woodward
I wonder if skepticism and ambivalence toward mental illness doesn't have as much to do with the practitioners as the disease? Psychology and psychiatry, despite phenomenal developments in the past couple decades, have a lot of catching up to do, and a century-long love affair with Freud hasn't helped. For example, Christian psychology has never admitted (or apologized) for its tainted involvement in the recovered memory scandals of the 90's, something that continues to affect people today. Don't get me wrong. I am deeply committed to both the application of science and spirituality in healing. But I've experienced a disturbing hubris among Christians that practice in this field (with not a few exceptions). What do I want? I want the the discipline to search it's collective soul and let the rest of us in on the discussion.