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Spiritual Schizophrenia (nucleus - winter 1997)

The Oxford English Dictionary defines schizophrenia as "a mental disease marked by disconnection between thoughts, feelings and actions, frequently with delusions and retreat from social life". Everyone agrees that schizophrenia is very serious disorder. Splitting one's thoughts, emotions and actions is bad for you. The end result can be confusion,...

Demon Possession and Mental Illness (nucleus - autumn 1997)

Christians have held many different views on how we should apply New Testament accounts of demon possession (or 'demonisation') to the construction of a contemporary understanding of spiritual and mental disease. Following the enlightenment, and particularly within more academic or scientific circles, it has been popular to 'demythologise' the Gospel...

Submission from CMF to the Medical Research Council on 'Genes and the Mind' (01/05/1997)

Introduction Christian Medical Fellowship has made a Submission to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working Party on Mental Disorders and Genetics: the Ethical Context. A copy of this submission...

Submission from CMF to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' Working Party on 'Mental Disorders and Genetics: The Ethical Context' (01/05/1997)

Introduction Christian Medical Fellowship is interdenominational and has as members well over 4,000 British doctors who are Christians and who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed...

Problems in Psychiatry (nucleus - autumn 1995)

What then is psychiatry? Psychiatry is quite simply the diagnosis and management of mental disorder. This covers a vast array of conditions from dementia and delirium to depression. Because of the emphasis on physical medicine in medical training, diagnoses like depression may sound rather vague and unscientific. However, with recognised international...

The Battle for our Minds - the Supernatural and Mental Illness (nucleus - winter 1992)

Psychiatry and Christianity Why write about Psychiatry and Christianity? Psychiatry is becoming increasingly relevant for all doctors. The importance of understanding the psychology of patients in all areas of medicine and surgery is being recognised. In the past, often the mind (or 'psyche') and body have been seen as separate, unrelated...