Download or read book Demons and Depression Mental Illness and Possession written by A. Poskitt and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of supreme importance to any sufferer of mental illness: Can mental illness have a spiritual cause? Do spirits have the power to control our moods and thinking?Having experienced a terrifying bout of depressive psychosis in his teens after a 'bad trip' on LSD, the author sets out a compelling case that his mental illness derived from the demonic realm.What you ought to know about mental illness: The author eloquently describes the abstract weirdness of his psychosis; its sudden onset and the temptation to suicide as well as the miraculous release from its horror prompted by a chance meeting in a local bar.Freed from the crushing agony of depression from what he believes was divine intervention, Mr Poskitt describes what it feels like to lose one's mind - and the joy of regaining it - providing evidence for a demonic cause as well as a spiritual cure for mental illness. This book is written for those of you who are open to the very real possibility that some types of mental illness are more than conditions with purely biological causes and that there exists a fine line between the psychiatric and the paranormal. Mental illness sufferers can receive this priceless gift but few discover it: Funny, frightening, challenging, hopeful and unapologetically un-PC; if you or a loved one is enduring the misery of mental illness it's time you understood your plight is not unique and that a door can be shut permanently on 'insanity' without the long-term use of drugs and medications. Get the power to tackle your mental illness one page at a time:Based on his own experience the author provides a self-help list of life enhancing choices you can make to restore mental health and happiness.
Download or read book On Satan Demons and Psychiatry written by Ragy R. M. D. Girgis and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to help change misconceptions that have historically pervaded Christianity by educating both laity and clergy about serious mental illness. It will accomplish this goal via an in-depth, exegetic examination of biblical accounts of what may have been untreated serious mental illness from the perspective of a psychiatrist and Christian. This in-depth examination will demonstrate that 1) serious mental illness was likely present and relatively common in biblical times, and similar in phenomenology to how it manifests today, and 2) that some instances of demon-possession and exorcisms as described in the Bible could, in a post-Enlightenment narrative, be better explained by occurring in the context of untreated mental illness, and that this could reveal a great deal of information about the biblical view of mental illness. Some of these accounts are from the Old Testament and some from the New Testament. Each essay will provide an in-depth examination of the biblical account from the perspective of a board-certified psychiatrist who is an expert in the field of serious mental illness and who is also a practicing Christian.
Download or read book Mental Illness Or Demonisation written by Leslie Lim and published by Armour Publishing Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Henry s Demons written by Patrick Cockburn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrated by both Henry Cockburn and his father Patrick, this is the extraordinary story of the eight years since Henry's descent into schizophrenia- years he has spent almost entirely in hospitals- and his family's struggle to help him recover.
Download or read book Hearing Voices Demonic and Divine written by Christopher C. H. Cook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781472453983, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative 4.0 license. Experiences of hearing the voice of God (or angels, demons, or other spiritual beings) have generally been understood either as religious experiences or else as a feature of mental illness. Some critics of traditional religious faith have dismissed the visions and voices attributed to biblical characters and saints as evidence of mental disorder. However, it is now known that many ordinary people, with no other evidence of mental disorder, also hear voices and that these voices not infrequently include spiritual or religious content. Psychological and interdisciplinary research has shed a revealing light on these experiences in recent years, so that we now know much more about the phenomenon of "hearing voices" than ever before. The present work considers biblical, historical, and scientific accounts of spiritual and mystical experiences of voice hearing in the Christian tradition in order to explore how some voices may be understood theologically as revelatory. It is proposed that in the incarnation, Christian faith finds both an understanding of what it is to be fully human (a theological anthropology), and God’s perfect self-disclosure (revelation). Within such an understanding, revelatory voices represent a key point of interpersonal encounter between human beings and God.
Download or read book Diagnosing Demons written by Antonio Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As I read Diagnosing Demons, it became more and more clear that the enemy has used our minds against us from the beginning. Satan wants us to be locked inside a prison of hat we perceive to be our own thoughts, rendering us helpless. Antonio addresses this in an eye-opening way and gives us tools for how to address these things and ultimately defeat the enemy with the blood of Jesus and the victory He purchased for us on the cross." -Jeff Smith, Associate Pastor, Trinity Life, Hereford, Texas "Everyone who works with people needs to have this book!" -Pastor Johnny Thompson, The Sanctuary, Costa Mesa, California What does God think about Mental Health? If I take psyche medications, does it mean I have no faith? What do you think of when someone says mental illness? How do you define and approach spiritual warfare? Does someone come to mind? Does your mind recall an experience or encounter with someone who suffers from mental illness? We will dissect all these questions in this book. We will talk about Christ and how He would be diagnosed by well-known psychiatrists in the mental health field. We will talk about case studies and how faith and medicine combine to create hope for the hopeless. This is an introduction to both mental health and spiritual warfare.
Download or read book Insane Consequences written by D. J. Jaffe and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this in-depth critique of the mental healthcare system, a leading advocate for the mentally ill argues that the system fails to adequately treat the most seriously ill. He proposes major reforms to bring help to schizophrenics, the severely bipolar, and others"--
Download or read book Counseling and the Demonic written by Rodger K. Bufford and published by W Publishing Group. This book was released on 1988 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on counseling and the demonic by Dr. Rodger Bufford is part of the notable Resources for Christian Counseling series, a series which seeks to combine the best insights from psychology with strict adherence to biblical truth.
Download or read book On Satan Demons and Psychiatry written by Ragy R. Girgis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to help change misconceptions that have historically pervaded Christianity by educating both laity and clergy about serious mental illness. It will accomplish this goal via an in-depth, exegetic examination of biblical accounts of what may have been untreated serious mental illness from the perspective of a psychiatrist and Christian. This in-depth examination will demonstrate that 1) serious mental illness was likely present and relatively common in biblical times, and similar in phenomenology to how it manifests today, and 2) that some instances of demon-possession and exorcisms as described in the Bible could, in a post-Enlightenment narrative, be better explained by occurring in the context of untreated mental illness, and that this could reveal a great deal of information about the biblical view of mental illness. Some of these accounts are from the Old Testament and some from the New Testament. Each essay will provide an in-depth examination of the biblical account from the perspective of a board-certified psychiatrist who is an expert in the field of serious mental illness and who is also a practicing Christian.
Download or read book Blessed Are the Crazy written by Sarah Griffith Lund and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When do you learn that "normal" doesn't include lots of yelling, lots of sleep, lots of beating? In Blessed Are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family, and Church, Sarah Griffith Lund looks back at her father's battle with bipolar disorder, and the helpless sense of déjà vu as her brother and cousin endure mental illness, as well. With a small group study guide and "Ten Steps for Developing a Mental Health Ministry in Your Congregation," Blessed Are the Crazy is more than memoir-it's a resource for churches and other faith-based groups to provide healing and comfort. Part of The Young Clergy Women Project.
Download or read book The Myth of Mental Illness written by Thomas S. Szasz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York Times The 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays. Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists, Szasz argues, absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness. He also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of modern life.
Download or read book Demons on the Couch written by Michael J. Sersch and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belief in possession, including from demonic forces, has ancient roots and continues into the modern world, especially among certain communities. This has been shown in books, movies, places of worship, and in the therapy office. This book traces the global history of possession and looks at ways contemporary mental health professionals can help a person who believes themselves to be possessed. Written especially for clinicians, but interesting to a wide variety of readers, this book uses a variety of disciplines, including cultural studies, psychology, and personal experiences, to try and understand the phenomenon from as wide a perspective as possible, including interviews with exorcists from various backgrounds. Both believers and sceptics will find this to be a fascinating study of a controversial topic.
Download or read book Is Mental Illness Demons written by Adam Lee and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is mental illness really demons? Many Christians and just people in general believe that mental illness is demons, and there are even many books written to that affect. Many deliverance ministries get a lot of business from the mentally ill. But is it really always demons? There are many Christians living with mental illness and they aren't healed, some are ministers. This book is about mental illness from a Christian perspective, and many wonder if you can even be a real Christian and have mental illness. All too often the mentally ill are treated like outcasts in the Christian community like they have the plague or something. In this book the author, who is a minister, takes you on a journey of his own battle with mental illness (Bipolar disorder) and Christian faith, as well as addresses the belief that everyone is always healed and whether or not it is demons. Take a walk into the world of being a Christian and living with mental illness. About the Author Rev. Adam Lee is an ordained minister and has served as a pastor for a couple of churches. He has a degree in Biblical Studies from the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Adam is a musician and song writer as well. Adam has always lived in the northern United States and enjoys the beauty and peace of nature as well as small town life. On a summer's day you may find him taking a ride on his motorcycle on the quiet country roads or fishing with his children. Currently Adam is also a licensed real estate agent and runs a non-denominational ministry which ministers to people daily. He and his 4 children live in the majestic rural valleys of Wisconsin.
Download or read book Demonic Foes written by Richard Gallagher, M.D. and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s leading psychiatric authority on demonic possession delves into the hidden world of exorcisms and his own transformation from cynic to believer over the course of his twenty-five-year career. Successful New York psychiatrist Richard Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a hard-nosed, no-nonsense Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Meeting her, Gallagher was astonished. The woman’s behavior defied logic. In an instant, she could pinpoint a person’s secret weaknesses. She knew how individuals she’d never known had died, including Gallagher’s own mother, who passed away after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer. She spoke fluently in multiple languages, including Latin—but only when she was in a trance. This was not psychosis, Gallagher concluded. It was, in his scientific estimation, what could only be describe as paranormal ability. The woman wasn’t mentally disturbed—she was possessed. This remarkable case was the first of many that Gallagher would encounter. Sought after today by leaders of all faiths—ministers, priests, rabbis and imams, Gallagher has spent a quarter-century studying demonic activity and exorcisms throughout history and has witnessed more cases than any other psychiatrist in the world today. In this eerie and enthralling book, Gallagher chronicles his most famous cases for the first time, including: A professional who claimed her spiritualist mother had “assigned” her a spirit who “turned on her.” A petite woman—”90 pounds soaking wet”—who threw a 200-pound Lutheran deacon across the room to the horror of onlookers in a church hall; And “Julia,” the so-called Satanic queen and self-described witch, who exhibited “the most harrowing” case, a “once-in-a-century” possession. Going beyond horror movies and novels, Demonic Foes takes you deep into this hidden world, sharing in full details of these true-life tales of demonic possession.
Download or read book Is Mental Illness Demons written by Adam Lee and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is mental illness really demons? Many Christians and just people in general believe that mental illness is demons, there are even many books written to that effect. Many deliverance ministries get a lot of business from the mentally ill. But is it really always demons? There are many Christians living with mental illness and they aren't healed, some are ministers. This book is about mental illness from a Christian perspective, many wonder if you can even be a real Christian and have mental illness. All to often the mentally ill are treated like outcasts in the Christian community like they have the plague or something. In this book the author, who is a minister. Takes you on a journey of his own battle with mental illness (Bipolar disorder) and Christian faith as well as addresses the belief that everyone is always healed and whether or not it is demons. Take a walk into the world of being a Christian and living with mental illness.
Download or read book Monsters Demons and Psychopaths written by Fernando Espi Forcen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descriptions of monsters, vampires, demonic possessions, and psychopaths in horror films have been inspired by psychiatric knowledge about mental illness, leading to several stereotyped models of horror that have prevailed through decades. Some scholars have proposed that horror films can be a teaching tool for psychopathology, but for the most part the genre has been underutilized as a learning tool. This book explores the idea of relating horror films to psychiatric ideas as a way of engaging people in learning.
Download or read book The Noonday Demon written by Andrew Solomon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author offers a look at depression in which he draws on his own battle with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, researchers, doctors, and others to assess the complexities of the disease, its causes and symptoms, and available therapies. This book examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments, and the impact the malady has on various demographic populations, around the world and throughout history. He also explores the thorny patch of moral and ethical questions posed by emerging biological explanations for mental illness. He takes readers on a journey into the most pervasive of family secrets and contributes to our understanding not only of mental illness but also of the human condition.
