Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses and the Problem of Mental Illness written by Jerry Bergman and published by . This book was released on 1992-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses and the Problem of Mental Health written by Jerry R. Bergman and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mental Health of Jehovah s Witnesses written by Jerry R. Bergman and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Mental Disorders written by American Psychiatric Association and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Mental Disorders: Your Guide to DSM-5® is a consumer guide for anyone who has been touched by mental illness. Most of us know someone who suffers from a mental illness. This book helps those who may be struggling with mental health problems, as well as those who want to help others achieve mental health and well-being. Based on the latest, fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- known as DSM-5® -- Understanding Mental Disorders provides valuable insight on what to expect from an illness and its treatment -- and will help readers recognize symptoms, know when to seek help, and get the right care. Featured disorders include depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder, among others. The common language for diagnosing mental illness used in DSM-5® for mental health professionals has been adapted into clear, concise descriptions of disorders for nonexperts. In addition to specific symptoms for each disorder, readers will find: Risk factors and warning signs Related disorders Ways to cope Tips to promote mental health Personal stories Key points about the disorders and treatment options A special chapter dedicated to treatment essentials and ways to get help Helpful resources that include a glossary, list of medications and support groups
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses Exposed written by Eugene Walker and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has someone recently knocked on your door and offered you a free home bible study? Have you been told that Jehovah's Witnesses are the only religion that has the truth? Are you currently thinking of becoming a Jehovah's Witness or know of someone who is? If you've answered yes to any of these questions...stop right now! Whether you're a Jehovah's Witness or thinking of becoming one, what you DON'T KNOW could possibly hurt you and your loved ones! In the book "Jehovah's Witnesses Exposed - What Really Goes on Inside the Kingdom Hall Walls" you'll discover the realities of becoming a Jehovah's Witness and what they DON'T TELL YOU before you join. Jehovah's Witnesses have been known to have the highest turnover of any other religion. And the dramatic decline in growth coincides with mental illness, suicides, child abuse, changes in doctrine, disfellowshipping, shunning, and lost of families within the group. Now it's time to get the facts, before it's too late! The following topics will be exposed: * Child Molestations, Rapes, & Pedophiles * False Prophesies, Doctrines, & New Light * Mental Illness, Depression, & Suicide * What Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Tell You Before You Join * The Reality of Disfellowshipping & Shunning * Standing Before The Judicial Committee * The Reality of Jehovah's Witness Family Life * Jehovah's Witnesses, Education and Crime * Surviving Spiritual Abuse * How to Identify a Cult and Protect Your Family * How to Break Free from a Fear Based Religion * 13 Real life stories & interviews with ex Jehovah's Witnesses who survived * The Story of Candice Conti. * and Much More... If you're thinking of becoming a Jehovah's Witness, this book is for you. If you're currently a Jehovah's Witness and need to break free, this book is for you. If you've been disfellowshipped and lost friends and family, this book is for you. If you're just curious about Jehovah's Witnesses, this book is for you. Sadly, some religions have millions of members around the world who once thought they were immune, and still don't know they're involved in a cult! "Jehovah's Witnesses Exposed - What Really Goes on Inside the Kingdom Hall Walls" Grab Your Copy Today! P.S. Some religions are wonderful on the outside, but on the inside are very manipulating. They use sophisticated mind control, recruitment techniques, and their belief system to trick you into joining. They're after your obedience, your time, and your money. Don't be left in the dark, Protect your friends and family and get the real truth now! Free Bonus Materials Included Upon Purchase.
Download or read book The Orwellian World of Jehovah s Witnesses written by Heather Denise Harden Botting and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history and religious doctrines of the Jehovah's Witnesses and examines the parallels between the religion and George Orwell's novel, 1984
Download or read book Fast Facts on Jehovah s Witnesses written by John Ankerberg and published by ATRI Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From blood transfusions to salvation by works John Ankerberg and John Weldon expose the unorthodox doctrines that put Jehovah’s Witnesses at risk physically and spiritually. With its easy–to–follow question–and–answer format this book allows readers to quickly discover: Who founded Jehovah’s Witnesses and why; why medical care essential to life is refused; why few Jehovah’s Witnesses look forward to eternal life in God’s presence; how many Jehovah’s Witnesses prophecies have failed—and why; how Jehovah’s Witnesses view and interpret God’s Word. Whether looking for specific teachings or an overall understanding of Jehovah’s Witness beliefs and practices readers will find this guide delivers the information in a concise practical manner.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses written by Andrew Holden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major study of the enigmatic religious society. By examining the Jehovah's Witnesses' dramatic recent expansion, Andrew Holden reveals the dependency of their quasi-totalitarian movement on the physical and cultural resources have brought about the privatization of religion, the erosion of community, and the separation of 'fact' from faith.
Download or read book The Facts on Jehovah s Witnesses written by John Ankerberg and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs team up to revise and update The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses, part of the popular Facts On Series (more than 1.9 million copies of books from this series sold). Known for their extensive research and Bible knowledge, these authors offer readers the essential facts they need to evaluate and discuss today's issues regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious organization, and the Watchtower Society. The concise, easy-to-follow information helps readers answer such questions as: What is the Watchtower Society and what power does it hold? Is the Watchtower Society's translation of the Bible accurate? Is the Society's teaching on salvation biblical? Whether the reader is merely curious or searching for specific information, The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses will give them what they are looking for—easy-to-understand, factual, and relevant information about this group.
Download or read book Out of the Cocoon written by Brenda Lee and published by Author's Choice Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of the Cocoon is a heart-wrenching, yet inspirational tale about the author's escape from a religious cult after enduring decades of dysfunction. Take the incredible journey with her as she survives stifling oppression as a child, physical and emotional abuse as a teenager, and the ultimate tragedy: the loss of her family once she becomes an adult. See how, like a butterfly, she changes the world within her, as her external world becomes increasingly unyielding. This book is a must read for anyone who has experienced abuse, alcoholism, single parenthood, serious depression, or a parent's rejection. Discover more about your own life through Brenda Lee's introspective, yet humorous flight from insanity. Learn how you, too, can emerge Out of the Cocoon to create a future brimming with unconditional love and lasting happiness.
Download or read book I Witness written by Daniel Clark and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jehovah's Witnesses: The one true faith, or a cult? For Daniel Clark - a family man, devout member of the Watchtower Society and bringer of "Ther Good News" - life had lost all meaning. Disillusioned with church teachings, he decided to leave the faith, but had to find the strength to throw off the teachings programmed into him since birth and rebuild his life. In a harrowing account of growing up as a Witness in a filthy, flea-infested house, visiting his mother in a hellish mental institution and handing out Jehovah's Witness pamphlets door to door, Daniel shares the story of his journey from an abusive childhood to his escape from the religious cult that held him and his entire family prisoner. I, Witness: The Shocking Insider's Story of Jehovah's Witnesses reveals the truth about what it's like to grow up in a world where brainwashing, violence and religious, emotional and mental abuse are rampant.
Download or read book Awakening of a Jehovah s Witness written by Diane Wilson and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale of mind control, the use of fear to manipulate vulnerable people, and final escape from a suffocating cult environment is a revealing exposeof a secretive contemporary sect, as well as a true psychological thriller. Diane Wilson spent twenty-five precious years of her life, first becoming indoctrinated by the dogma of the Watchtower Society, and then struggling to free herself from its pervasive, intimidating clutches. In this probing, brutally honest assessment, Wilson describes how a childhood of psychological abuse and lack of self-confidence rendered her vulnerable to the seductive doctrines of the Jehovah's Witnesses. What she reveals about the goings-on within the closed Watchtower Society will shock the average person who assumes the polite, well-dressed people who pass out leaflets are much like any other conservative religious group. Wilson contends that membership in the Jehovah's Witnesses requires obedience bordering on psychological enslavement and complete suppression of individuality. Her engrossing memoir will be of great interest to former Witnesses, students of cult phenomena, and anyone who has ever had contact with Jehovah's Witnesses.
Download or read book The Gospel God Man and Truth written by David H. Yarn and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissent on the Margins written by Emily B. Baran and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily B. Baran offers a gripping history of how a small, American-based religious community, the Jehovah's Witnesses, found its way into the Soviet Union after World War II, survived decades of brutal persecution, and emerged as one of the region's fastest growing religions after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. In telling the story of this often misunderstood faith, Baran explores the shifting boundaries of religious dissent, non-conformity, and human rights in the Soviet Union and its successor states. Soviet Jehovah's Witnesses are a fascinating case study of dissent beyond urban, intellectual nonconformists. Witnesses, who were generally rural, poorly educated, and utterly marginalized from society, resisted state pressure to conform. They instead constructed alternative communities based on adherence to religious principles established by the Witnesses' international center in Brooklyn, New York. The Soviet state considered Witnesses to be the most reactionary of all underground religious movements, and used extraordinary measures to try to eliminate this threat. Yet Witnesses survived, while the Soviet system did not. After 1991, they faced continuing challenges to their right to practice their faith in post-Soviet states, as these states struggled to reconcile the proper limits on freedom of conscience with European norms and domestic concerns. Dissent on the Margins provides a new and important perspective on one of America's most understudied religious movements.
Download or read book The Pastoral Handbook of Mental Illness written by Steve Bloem and published by Kregel Academic. This book was released on 2018 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing provided
Download or read book Out with Consequences written by Debbie L. Mcdaniel and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her memoir Out with Consequences, Debbie L. McDaniel, a disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witness, details a childhood of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of an elder whom the church refuses to punish. As a child McDaniel learned how deep cultures of shame, denial, and hypocrisy can be when she is made to suffer a years-long cycle of sexual abuse at the hands of a church elder. When simultaneously speaking out and admitting her homosexuality gets her disfellowshipped, McDaniel is shunned by not only the congregation, but also her family-all while her abuser remains in good standing with the church. The church warns her and other victims to keep quiet. And going to the authorities does little to help; although her abuser is arrested for his crimes, he is just as quickly released. Despite it all, she survives the fallout to tell her story. In a time when churches' stances on sexual abuse and homosexuality are constantly making headlines, Out with Consequences offers a must-read perspective. Written with the strength of voice of someone who has seen it all, McDaniel's story is sure to teach other survivors that if she can survive, they can too.
Download or read book A Voice from Inside written by Geoffrey Wallis and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wallis takes on all the shades of gray. He dissects the experience of this religion with laser precision" - Lisa, igotout.org "Wallis not only shines a light on the psychological turmoil caused by the organization's policies but does so with such intelligence, empathy, and personal understanding" - Allison Del Fium, What the Faith Podcast What is it like to suffer Religious Trauma Syndrome while still inside a High Demand Religious Organization? What causes Religious Trauma Syndrome and what are the risks that come with continuing participation? A Voice From Inside presents the rare voice of a critical insider of the Watch Tower Society, offering an account of the experience, how people are struggling, and what can be done to survive and move forward. Writing under a pseudonym, Geoffrey Wallis courageously explains what has led many to label the Jehovah's Witnesses as a Captive Organization and how the community's policies lead to the phenomenon of Physically-In-Mentally-Out (PIMO). With raw honesty, the author tells the gripping story of his journey through Religious Trauma Syndrome as an active Jehovah's Witness. He discusses the experience of stigmatized LGBTQ+ members, moral injury PTSD in the newly disillusioned, and what it's like to rise up the ranks of the organization's hierarchy. Along the way, he boldly speaks out about how to protect fellow members by calling for regulation to protect the religious freedoms of PIMOs and teaching others to reverse-engineer manipulative psychology with mindfulness practice. Written to help bring change to the Jehovah's Witness community as a whole, but also for anyone struggling with religious trauma, A Voice from Inside is both a witness to the experience of living in an HDRG as well as a clarion call for change and healing in a world that sorely needs it.
