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Depression is blindingly painful--especially in the dark. The approachable style of this pastor and doctor team makes it safe to acknowledge suffering and receive medical and spiritual help.
Author Notes
Gary Kinnaman is the senior pastor of the 6,000 member Word of Grace Church near Phoenix
Richard Jacobs, MD is the chief medical officer and vice-president of medical operations for a large health plan in Arizona
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Christians searching for practical yet compassionate counsel on the subject of depression could not ask for a more competent author team than Kinnaman (a Phoenix pastor and a long-time depression sufferer) and Jacobs (a physician whose wife has battled depression for years). The authors dispel faulty Christian notions that depression is a character flaw or an attention getter, or more general ideas that it is solely a mental or physical illness. They refute the idea that it can be cured by denial or successfully "waited out." Through candid self-disclosure, both men reveal their respective experiences with depression and offer substantive help by viewing depression as the multifaceted illness it is. Their guide is both practical and theological: they discuss recognizing true depression and understanding how brain chemistry affects depression, and also present a concise biblical take on handling dark seasons of life. They offer hope in the grace God affords believers and explore how new thought patterns can help tame some of depression's wildest mental digressions. From engaging opening stories to excellent appendixes that include the history of antidepressants, key self-rating questions and other useful aids, readers will find solid resources for matters of both the soul and the body. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. 11 |
Chapter 1 The Valley of the Shadow: Rich and Sue's Journey Through the Darkness | p. 15 |
Chapter 2 "Depressed Christian" Is Not an Oxymoron: Confronting Myths About Depression | p. 25 |
Chapter 3 Depressed by What We Don't Know: How to Recognize True Depression | p. 39 |
Chapter 4 The Many Faces of Depression: Overview of the Most Common Types | p. 57 |
Chapter 5 Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Brain Chemistry and Depression | p. 73 |
Chapter 6 Heaven Help Us! Biblical Insights Into Depression | p. 89 |
Chapter 7 Present Grace: Adopting a Lifestyle of Letting Go | p. 107 |
Chapter 8 Perceptions of Reality: How Patterns of Thinking Impact Depression | p. 123 |
Chapter 9 Other People Can Help: Communal Strategies for Combating Depression | p. 139 |
Chapter 10 When Depression Just Won't Go Away: Living Above Your Pain | p. 153 |
Appendix A Twenty-five Common Myths About Depression | p. 165 |
Appendix B The History and Development of Antidepressant Medications | p. 167 |
Appendix C Are You Depressed? | p. 171 |
Appendix D Resources | p. 175 |
Endnotes | p. 177 |
Scripture Index | p. 185 |
Index of Medications | p. 187 |
Subject Index | p. 189 |