What is depression, and what are its many and varied types? Who
becomes depressed, and how can it be recognized? How can depression
be measured, and what are its suicidal potentialities? What are the
therapeutic interventions the pastor can use in helping people who
are undergoing the pain of depression? The Pastoral Care of
Depression: A Guidebook answers these questions and many more. With
a focus on the pastor as an instrument of healing in cooperation
with families, physicians, and other mental health professionals,
this book will help you understand some of the current research and
procedures used in helping people suffering from depression. As the
frontline mental health workers in many communities, pastors need
confidence, competence, and skill in handling people with emotional
problems. As Author Binford W. Gilbert explains, "Depression is
among the most treatable of major illnesses. It enters the realm of
the spiritual and demands the best of the pastoral leader to guide,
assist, and enhance the struggle for peace and soundness of mind
and body." The Pastoral Care of Depression helps caregivers by
overcoming the simplistic myths about depressive disorders and
probing the real issues. This book covers: a thorough description
of clinical depression predisposing factors that may lead to
depression the need for a multidisciplinary approach, and the role
of the pastor on the treatment team the importance of church and
family involvement diagnosis--the ability to distinguish between
normal grief, ordinary blues, situational depression, and clinical
depression ministers'own emotional, physical, mental, and
relational health the pastor's privileged role that gives him/her
unique abilities and opportunitiesA valuable resource for pastors,
chaplains, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians,
family members, and teachers of pastoral care, The Pastoral Care of
Depression is meant to inspire action-oriented counseling; to
establish cooperative relationships between ministers, families,
and the medical community; to carry out responsible and innovative
creative therapeutic interventions; and to treat the whole human
being.
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