Spiritual Dimensions of Mental Health

Print-On-Demand

By Judith Allen Shelly and Sandra D. John

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 179 pages
Binding: paperback
Published: October 1983

ISBN-10: 0-87784-876-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-87784-876-9
IVP Order Code: 876

Related Subjects

Caregiving, Aging and Illness

Foreword

Section 1: What Is Mental Health?
1. Mental Health: A Personal Struggle--Judith Allen Shelly
2. What Is Human? A Context for Defining Mental Health--Judith Allen Shelly and Sandra D. John
3. Toward a Psychology of Believing--Judith Allen Shelly
4. Interpretations of Wholeness--Judith Allen Shelly
5. Evaluating Holistic Health Modalities--Arlene Miller and Arlynne Ostlund

Section 2: Spiritual Care and the Psychiatric Client
6. What Are Spiritual Needs? --Judith Allen Shelly
7. Healthy and Unhealthy Religious Beliefs--Sandra D. John
8. Assessing Spiritual Needs-- Sandra D. John
9. Meeting Spiritual Needs-- Sandra D. John
10. Prayer in a Psychiatric Setting--Verna J. Carson
11. Use of Scripture-- Sandra D. John
12. Clergy as Colleagues--Mertie L. Potter

Section 3: Personal Mental Health: How to Keep Your Own Sanity
13. Qualities of a Christian Counselor--Kenneth L. Williams
14. Caring for Your Colleagues--Verna J. Carson
15. Are My Beliefs Unbalanced? --Sidney Whitley Langston
16. Burnout! --Mary Berg
17. When the Helper Needs Help--Barbara E. Nelsom
18. When the Hurting Hits Home--Laura Carlsen
19. Psychiatric Nursing: An Opportunity for Growth--Diana Krikorian

Notes
Contributors
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