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The Oxford English Dictionary defines schizophrenia as "a mental disease marked by disconnection between thoughts, feelings and actions, frequently with delusions and retreat from social life". Everyone agrees that schizophrenia is very serious disorder. Splitting one's thoughts, emotions and actions is bad for you. The end result can be confusion,...
Christians have held many different views on how we should apply New Testament accounts of demon possession (or 'demonisation') to the construction of a contemporary understanding of spiritual and mental disease. Following the enlightenment, and particularly within more academic or scientific circles, it has been popular to 'demythologise' the Gospel...
What then is psychiatry? Psychiatry is quite simply the diagnosis and management of mental disorder. This covers a vast array of conditions from dementia and delirium to depression. Because of the emphasis on physical medicine in medical training, diagnoses like depression may sound rather vague and unscientific. However, with recognised international...
Psychiatry and Christianity Why write about Psychiatry and Christianity? Psychiatry is becoming increasingly relevant for all doctors. The importance of understanding the psychology of patients in all areas of medicine and surgery is being recognised. In the past, often the mind (or 'psyche') and body have been seen as separate, unrelated...
