Marcia A. Murphy

The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy (eBook, ePUB)

Christus Magnus Medicus Sanat

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 something momentous had happened, and I wanted to know what and what it meant for my life. The search took me to the library--the public library, the university library, the health sciences library--and there I found books that, some of them, told a different story. There, I was to learn that the mind is more than the workings of the material brain. I was to find that mental illness, including psychotic episodes, can be a means of personal transformation and may have spiritual significance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781725261983
• Artikelnr.: 60106648

Autorenporträt

Marcia A. Murphy is a survivor of psychosis who started to write as a teenager and as an adult has published on the importance of faith in mental health in articles, essays, and works of creative nonfiction in professional psychiatric journals, anthologies, and newspapers. She is the author of several books. Also, available on her website Mental Health Initiatives (MHI) are Hope & Spirituality Worksheets (PDF file available), materials on bullying, programs to support psychiatric patients, and videos.