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“marcia a murphy”

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  • A Small Handbook of Mental Health

    Portal to a New Life

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    Writing by seriously mentally ill people is not common. The illness makes effective communication difficult, and for this reason, the writing they do is important. It provides insights into what the mentally ill experience. Also, it is a sharing of experience that may reduce the isolation and increase the sense of belonging among those who are ill. And fellow sufferers may pay attention and learn ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Concerning the Importance of God for Mental Health

    Religious Faith and Its Relationship to Long-Term Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    Everyone's response or lack of response to the big and deeper questions influences the trajectory of their daily lives, i.e., how they think, feel, and act. It affects the way they treat others and even how they treat themselves. It determines their goals and ambitions or lack thereof. How they deal with stress and life's challenges is directly an outcome of their view of the big picture, whether ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Faith and Major Mental Illness

    Stories, Meditations, and Essays

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    How does the process of coping with major mental illness influence the spiritual life? And, also, the reverse: How does faith influence a mental health condition? In this work the author discusses a major mental illness--her own--and delves into whether recovery is possible from a personal perspective. As a person who was devastated by schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and clinical ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Meaning of Mental Health

    Therapist and Patient in Dialogue

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    This is the story of a therapist, a psychiatrist, who is doing treatment for several patients, each with different stories of illness and complex issues discussed in the course of therapy. In The Meaning of Mental Health, these issues will be examined from not only the medical standpoint but especially from a spiritual one, with a pastoral/priest character also coming into the picture. Throughout, ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mental Health Ministry for Churches

    A Handbook for Getting Started or to Supplement Current Programs

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    Mental Health Initiatives (MHI), promotes the dignity, value, and inherent worth of people who live with mental illness. To advocate through educational means, as well as provide practical, psychological, and social support for the mentally ill, the most neglected and marginalized members of society. This handbook describes how to start church ministry in service of those who suffer with mental ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Homeless

    The Unbefriended Poor

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    This book addresses the tragic suffering of the homeless. When we can get to the root causes of homelessness, identify them, and address them, this is helpful in assisting those who are unhoused. By sharing the story of one extraordinary individual, the author illustrates how many factors are involved in a person's past that are interrelated and which influence each other's outcomes. And solutions ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

    Christus Magnus Medicus Sanat

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    The psychotic break occurred when I was in the vulnerable twenties, for me, a naive time of adventure and risks; and I was devastated. Only later was I to learn that psychotic episodes and hallucinations may have real-world significance. My own experience told me this but the view of scientific psychiatry that was drummed into me by family, counselors, doctors, etc., made me doubt. Yet, I knew ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Schizophrenia and Suicide

    Finding Hope, Meaning, and Direction

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    In Schizophrenia and Suicide: Finding Hope, Meaning, and Direction, the author shares how, as a person with schizophrenia, the thought of suicide, for her, and also for others with this disease, can be a constant threat to their well-being. In this book she explores the topic of survival for people who have a mental illness, for whom self-destruction through suicide is all too common in the age of ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Knitting with Barbed Wire

    Understanding the Factor of Religion in Mental Illness and Health

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    Knitting With Barbed Wire is imagery to stimulate thought for a myriad of benevolent activities which at first appear beautiful and helpful, but in reality are exclusion and ostracization for those who are different--different in appearance, race, economic status, or abilities--who are clearly not welcome. The metallic, rusty, and sharp barbed wire emotionally, socially, and physically bars those ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Compassionate Psychiatrist

    Redefining Mental Healthcare

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    I owe my psychiatric recovery process to several key figures. Russell Noyes Jr., MD, was one such personality, a physician without whom I would have undoubtedly been homeless, starving, and without hope. Hope, then, is key and Dr. Noyes was the embodiment of hope offered as a sacrifice to heal the wounded soul. He said that God had called him to be a psychiatrist. He touched many lives and I'm ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reflections on the Meaning of Mental Integrity

    Recovery from Serious Mental Illness

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    How is mental integrity (the state of being complete, whole) achieved in light of serious mental illness? The author's intent is that this work will be a source of insight and healing for many and that it will equip the church, conjoined with the medical/scientific field of psychiatry, to do a better job of enabling people living with mental illness to access the resources they need for becoming ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • To Loose the Bonds of Injustice

    The Plight of the Mentally Ill and What the Church Can Do

    by Marcia A. Murphy ...
    This work is the first to address the living conditions of the mentally ill from the standpoint of social justice. It is the first for religion to partner with the psychiatric field from a spiritual vantage point to improve the lives of those afflicted with medical, social, and spiritual maladies. It is written by someone who has lived with the challenges of a marginalized human being, someone who ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus