COPYRIGHT PAGE………………………………………………………. 5 DISCLAIMER……………………………………………………………… 6 AUTHOR’S PAGE………………………………………………………… 8 DEDICATION……………………………………………………………… 9 FOREWORD…………………………………………………………….. 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………… 13 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………….. 17
No health without Mental Health…………………………….. 21 Role of the church in Mental Health…………………………. 22 Aim of the book…………………………………………………….. 29 The layout of the book……………………………………………. 30
CHAPTER 1……………………………………………………………… 32
The Ministry and child and adolescent Mental Health… 32
CHAPTER 2……………………………………………………………… 42
The Ministry and the General Mental Health of the Adults…………………………………………………………………… 42
CHAPTER 3……………………………………………………………… 52
Mental Health and Individuals with Personality Difficulties…………………………………………………………….. 52
CHAPTER 4……………………………………………………………… 60
The Ministry and Mental Health Needs in Higher Education……………………………………………………………… 60
CHAPTER 5……………………………………………………………… 70 The Ministry and Mental Health Needs in Old Age………….. 70 CHAPTER 6……………………………………………………………… 80
The Ministry and Mental Health Needs of Special Groups: Alcohol and Drug addicts; Offenders and Ex-prisoners; Homeless and Asylum seekers and Refugees………………80
Alcohol and Drug Abusers………………………………………..81 Socially Restless; Dysfunctional and No Fixed Abode….. 83 Ex-offenders and Rehabilitation………………………………..87 Asylum Seekers and Refugees…………………………………..90
CHAPTER 7……………………………………………………………… 98
Cursory Mental State Examination by the Minister…….. 98
CHAPTER 8……………………………………………………………. 102
Awareness of Treatment Approaches and Other Interventions……………………………………………………….. 102
CHAPTER 9……………………………………………………………. 112
The Mental Health Act and the Minister…………………..112
CHAPTER 10……………………………………………………………118
The Minister and his Mental Health…………………………118
CHAPTER 11……………………………………………………………128
The Ministry and Cultural Diversity in Mental Health…128
CHAPTER 12……………………………………………………………142
Mental Health and the Health Workers…………………… 142
CHAPTER 13……………………………………………………………150
Mental Health, Internet and Social- media Vices……….150
CHAPTER 14……………………………………………………………160
The Ministry of Angelic Restorative Touches on Mental Health………………………………………………………………….160
CHAPTER 15……………………………………………………………165
The Ministry to the Bereaved and their Mental Health 165
BIBLIOGRAPHY:……………………………………………………… 174 Mental Health Scriptural Nuggets:…………………………….. 177
