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Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems

Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems

Swinton, John

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Medical ReferenceGeneral Christianity

Publisher Price: $25.99

ISBN10: 0687082285
ISBN13: 9780687082285
Publisher: Abingdon Pr
Published: Nov 1 2000
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.03 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
In Resurrecting the Person, John Swinton argues that while mental illnesses are often biological and genetic in origin, the real handicap experienced by individuals is imposed by the types of reactions, values, and attitudes which are typical of contemporary western society. In other words, how a mental illness is experienced has much to do with how it is socially constructed. How will the church react to this suggestion? Swinton suggests that the key to the effective pastoral care of individuals with severe mental illness lies not only within the realms of psychiatry, therapy, and pharmacological intervention, but in the rehumanization which is borne within the relationship of friendship.

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