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Resurrecting the Person

Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems

by John Swinton

  • Paperback
  • 238 pages
  • Publisher: Abingdon Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

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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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  • Author

    John Swinton

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Abingdon Press

  • Published

    December 2000

  • Weight

    296g

  • Page Count

    238

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780687082285

  • ISBN-10

    0687082285

  • Eden Code

    116251

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