PASTCARE 779
Christian Approaches to Mental Health Care
John Swinton, Warren Kinghorn
Description from DukeHub
Christians often experience mental health problems, seek mental health care, counsel others about pursuing mental health care, and participating in the work of mental health care. But how might Christian thought and practice inform the ideas, structures, and practices of mental health care? This course will explore mental health care in a theological context, engaging the meanings of mental health and mental illness, historical milestones in Christian innovation and engagement with mental health care, contemporary forms of Christian engagement with mental health problems, and cultural and theological dimensions of common mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, psychosis, and problematic substance use.
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- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "counsel"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
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