02165cam a2200337 i 4500 904227520 AUA.1 20160803151440.0 150225s2015 miu b 000 0 eng 2015007843 9781587433726 (pbk.) 1587433729 (pbk.) (OCoLC)904227520 (OCoLC)892879544 DLC eng rda DLC BCT CDX YDXCP OCLCF WIO LNT EXN pcc EXNs RC455.4.R4 G74 2015 616.89 23 Greene-McCreight, Kathryn, 1961- Darkness is my only companion : a Christian response to mental illness / Kathryn Greene-McCreight. Second edition. Grand Rapids, MI.: Brazos Press, c2015. 216 p ; 22 cm. "Revised and expanded"-Jkt. Includes bibliographical references. Part 1. Facing mental illness. Darkness -- Mental illness -- Temptation to suicide -- Mania -- Darkness, again -- Hospital -- Part 2. Faith and mental illness. Feeling, memory, and personality -- Brain, mind, and soul -- Sin, suffering, and despair -- Dark night, discipline, and the hiddenness of God -- Health and prayer -- Part 3. Living with mental illness. How clergy, friends, and family can help -- Choosing therapy. Where is God in the suffering of a mentally ill person? What happens to the soul when the mind is ill? How are Christians to respond to mental illness? In this brave and compassionate book, theologian and priest Kathryn Greene-McCreight confronts these difficult questions raised by her own mental illness--bipolar disorder. With brutal honesty, she tackles often avoided topics such as suicide, mental hospitals, and electroconvulsive therapy. Greene-McCreight offers the reader everything from poignant and raw glimpses into the mind of a mentally ill person to practical and forthright advice for their friends, family, and clergy. Mental illness Religious aspects Christianity. Mentally ill Religious life. lcc BOOK RC 455.4.R4 G74 2015 15197 15197 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2016-08-03 Bought by JTL 13.40 AUA018370 3 1 RC 455.4 .R4 G74 2015 AUA018370 2019-09-06 00:00:00 2019-09-02 13.40 2016-08-03 BOOK