The masks of melancholy : a Christian physician looks at depression & suicide /
White, John, 1924-2002.
The masks of melancholy : a Christian physician looks at depression & suicide / [print] John White. - Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)1982. - 252 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
PennsylvaniaRT ONE: Christianity and Mental Illness -- 1. The differences in depression -- 2. Sin, disease, and the devil -- 3. Healing and the mind PennsylvaniaRT TWO: Science and the Masks -- 4. Saints, science and psychology -- 5. The masks of melancholy PennsylvaniaRT THREE: Understanding Depression and Suicide -- 6. Theories about depression -- 7. Fearfully and wonderfully made -- 8. The anatomy of suicide -- PennsylvaniaRT FOUR: Coping with depression and suicide -- 9. Coping with suicide -- 10. Straightening bent minds: psychotherapies -- 11. Straightening bent minds: physical therapies -- Epilog: Pain and shame which should not exist.
John White identifies the symptoms of depression, explains its complex causes, and discusses available treatments.
9780877849803
82000260
890023719 can
8212328 DNLM 009102140 Uk (AMICUS)000003270891
Self-destructive behavior.
Christian life.
RC537.W585.M375 1982 RC537
The masks of melancholy : a Christian physician looks at depression & suicide / [print] John White. - Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)1982. - 252 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
PennsylvaniaRT ONE: Christianity and Mental Illness -- 1. The differences in depression -- 2. Sin, disease, and the devil -- 3. Healing and the mind PennsylvaniaRT TWO: Science and the Masks -- 4. Saints, science and psychology -- 5. The masks of melancholy PennsylvaniaRT THREE: Understanding Depression and Suicide -- 6. Theories about depression -- 7. Fearfully and wonderfully made -- 8. The anatomy of suicide -- PennsylvaniaRT FOUR: Coping with depression and suicide -- 9. Coping with suicide -- 10. Straightening bent minds: psychotherapies -- 11. Straightening bent minds: physical therapies -- Epilog: Pain and shame which should not exist.
John White identifies the symptoms of depression, explains its complex causes, and discusses available treatments.
9780877849803
82000260
890023719 can
8212328 DNLM 009102140 Uk (AMICUS)000003270891
Self-destructive behavior.
Christian life.
RC537.W585.M375 1982 RC537