Modern Psychopathologies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal, 2nd ed. (Christian Association for Psychological Studies)
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Overview
Modern Psychopathologies is addressed to students and mental health professionals who want to sort through contemporary secular understandings of psychopathology in relation to a Christian worldview.
Written by well-known and respected scholars, this book provides an introduction to a set of disorders along with overviews of current research on etiology, treatment and prevention. Prior chapters explore the classification of disorders in historic pastoral care and contemporary mental health care. The authors explain the biological and sociocultural foundations of mental illness, and reflect on the relation between psychopathology and the Christian understanding of sin. Modern Psychopathologies is a unique and valuable resource for Christians studying psychology and counseling or providing counseling services, pastoral care, Christian healing ministries or spiritual direction.
The revised second edition is fully updated according to DSM-5 and ICD-10. The authors have expanded the analysis to include problems associated with trauma, gender, addiction and more.
Though fully capable of standing on its own, the book is a useful companion volume to Modern Psychotherapies by Stanton L. Jones and Richard E. Butman.
- Explores contemporary secular understandings of psychopathology in relation to a Christian worldview
- Considers ways in which the church has historically approached symptoms of psychological and spiritual concerns
- Addresses the various ways in which the authors of the Scriptures and pastoral theologians throughout history have classified the “wounds of the soul”
Historic and Contemporary Categorization
- Classification in Historic Pastoral Care
- Classification in Contemporary Mental Health
- Biological Foundations of Mental Illness
- Sociocultural Foundations of Mental Illness
- Sin and Psychopathology
The Psychopathologies: Categories of Psychological Problems
- The “Problems”: An Introduction
- Problems in Childhood and Adolescence
- Problems of Anxiety
- Problems of Mood
- Problems Arising from Trauma
- Problems in the Development of the Self
- Problems of Sexuality and Gender
- Problems of Psychosis
- Problems Involving Addiction
- Problems in Older Adulthood
- Problems Stemming from Societal Pathology
What Now?
- Responsible Care in an Imperfect System
- Appendix: Major Theoretical Approaches to Psychopathology