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Darkness is my only companion: a Christian response to mental illness

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The best summary of this book comes from the subtitle - A Christian Response to Mental Illness. However, even that is quite all encompassing enough, the book is part autobiography, part pastoral guidance, and part education on what mental health can actually look like. Greene-McCreight's insights do not come from counseling or academic study of psychology, but her own struggles and personal mental health issues. Because of this, you'll get invaluable insights into a first hand account of mental health problems, but not a great deal of help in understanding how to respond or counsel people.

She breaks the book into three sections, first, what she calls 'facing mental illness', which is her personal story; second 'faith and mental illness', which is still mostly her personal story, but with a focus of how mental illness interacted with roll in the church; third, 'living with mental illness' which has two chapters, 'how clergy, friends, and family can help', which sadly is only seven pages, and 'choosing therapy', in which she discusses the churches fears and rejection of psychotherapy. The book finishes with her conclusion and two appendices, one on her use of scripture and a checklist for symptoms and resources.

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362.2 GRE d

Publisher

Grand Rapids : Brazos Press., 2006

Collation

176p.; 23 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1-58743-175-0

Classification

362.2

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Subject(s)

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESS

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