PC135-612 - Pastoral Care for those with Mental Ill-Health

  • 2,940 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 6
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • Pastoral & Church-Focussed Ministry Unit Discipline

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Developing knowledge and understanding of pastoral care for people with mental ill-health.

B. Be able to

1. Identify a variety of Christian approaches to responding to mental ill-health in church and other settings.

2. Reflect Critically on various frameworks for caring for those with mental ill-health and self-care.

3. Present Analytical, evidence-based perspectives on effective and ethical pastoral care to those experiencing mental ill-health and those caring for them.

C. Be in a position to

1. Apply perspectives and skills from ‘Pastoral Care for those with Mental Ill-Health’ to contemporary Christian living and ministry contexts.

Content

1. Common mental health disorders and their treatment

2. Responding to the stigma attached to mental ill-health (in society and the church)

3. The mental health system in Australia

4. The experience of mental ill-health

5. Key pastoral skills in providing care for those experiencing mental ill-health

6. The role of the church in providing friendship and support

7. The role of the Bible and prayer in effective pastoral care

8. Referral to professional services

9. Professional conduct for the pastoral carer

10. Self-care for the pastoral carer

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Albers, R.H., W.H. Meller & S.D. Thurber (eds), Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012)

Bloch, S., Understanding Troubled Minds: A Guide to Mental Illness and its Treatment Updated ed.(Carlton, VIC: Melbourne UP, 2011)

Bloem, S. & R., Broken Minds: Hope for Healing When You Feel Like You’re “Losing It” (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2005)

Clinton, T., A. Hart & G. Ohlschlager, Caring for People God’s Way: Personal and Emotional Issues, Addictions, Grief, and Trauma (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005)

Clinton, T. & J. Pingleton, The Struggle is Real: How to Care for Mental and Relational Needs in the Church (Bloomington, IN: Westbow Press, 2017)

Cross, M. & C. Hanrahan, Changing Minds: The Go-To Guide to Mental Health (Sydney: ABC Books, 2016)

Ellen, S. & C. Deveny, Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health (Carlton, VIC: Black Inc, 2018)

Emlet, M. R., Descriptions and Prescriptions: A Biblical Perspective on Psychiatric Diagnoses & Medications (Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2017)

Grcevich, S., Mental Health and the Church: A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Other Common Mental Health Conditions (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2018)

Greene-McCreight, K., Darkness is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness Rev. ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2015)

McGilvray, J., God’s Love in Action (Brunswick, VIC: Acorn, 2009)

McRay, B.W., M.A. Yarhouse & R.E. Butman, Modern Psychopathologies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal 2nd ed. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016)

Simpson, A., Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2013)

Stanford, M.S., Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness 2nd ed. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2017)

Stanford, M.S., Grace for the Children (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2019)

Swinton, J., Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems (Nashville: Abingdon, 2000)

Thomas, A., Tackling Mental Illness Together: A Biblical & Practical Approach (London: IVP, 2017)

van Deusen Hunsinger, D., Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel, and Pastoral Care (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015)

Webb, M., Toward a Theology of Psychological Disorder (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2017)

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