Gloria Dura-Vila

Sadness, Depression, and the Dark Night of the Soul

Transcending the Medicalisation of Sadness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ground-breaking book contemplates how some religious individuals and communities conceptualise severe sadness and emotional distress, which might otherwise be described as pathological, as an essential ingredient for spiritual development. It explores the implications this may have for clergy and psychiatrists seeking to understand sadness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781785920561
• ISBN-10: 1785920561
• Artikelnr.: 45232351

Autorenporträt

Glòria Durà-Vilà. Foreword by Professor Roland Littlewood.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments. Foreword. Preface. Part I. Setting the literary and
historical contexts. 1. Depression and the medicalization of sadness:
conceptualisation and help-seeking. 2. The role of the clergy in the
management of sadness and depression, and their collaboration with mental
health professionals. 3. Sketches on the Catholic Church and monasticism.
Part II. Unfolding the narratives of sadness and spiritual growth. 4. The
participants and their ways of life. 5. Conceptualisation of sadness,
depression and the Dark Night of the Soul. 6. Coping and help-seeking for
sadness and depression. 7. The role of the clergy in the care of sadness
and depression, and their collaboration with mental health professionals.
Part III. Stepping beyond the monastries' and parishes' walls. 8. The
medicalization of sadness and the Dark Night of the Soul. 9. Religious
coping with sadness and depression. 10. The clergy's role in assisting
those suffering from sadness and depression. 11. A framework to
differentiate normal sadness from depression. References. Appendix 1.
Ethical Considerations. Appendix 2. Limitations of the study. Appendix 3.
Finding the questions to get the answers. Appendix 4. List of tables and
figures. Appendix 5. Summary of findings: main themes and sub-themes
extracted from the participants' interviews.