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A Christian Response to the Crisis in Psychiatry

Joubert, Callie (2014) A Christian Response to the Crisis in Psychiatry. Answers Research Journal, 7: 11. pp. 173-187. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

Psychiatry is intimately connected to the problems of our time and those of people. However, psychiatry is facing a crisis, and it is well known that psychiatry has taken over many concepts from the Bible and secularized them. The first part of the paper focuses on seven problems facing psychiatry, which explain why psychiatrists are unable to escape their crisis. It then stipulates two crucial areas in which psychiatry conflicts with the book of Genesis. The second part of the paper focuses on, respectively, 1) shame, guilt, the conscience, and remorse, and 2) psychosomatic illnesses. The aim is to show that scientific discoveries in each of these areas are consistent with the teachings of Scripture, and is therefore a powerful apologetic for Christian witness in our medicalized world. It suggests that it would be wise if psychiatrists and the service-users accept the Bible as serious on all matters about which it speaks.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy (General) > BF Psychology
B Philosophy (General) > BL Religion
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1814

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