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The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

Christus Magnus Medicus Sanat

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

Christus Magnus Medicus Sanat

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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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The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

Christus Magnus Medicus Sanat

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A Small Handbook of Mental Health

Portal to a New Life

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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Portal to a New Life

By: Marcia A. Murphy

Writing by seriously mentally ill people is not common. The illness makes effective communication difficult, and for this reason, the writing they do is important. It provides insights into what the mentally ill experience. Also, it is a sharing of experience that may reduce the isolation and increase the sense of belonging among those who are ill. And fellow sufferers may pay attention and learn from the writer, in this case, how to achieve recovery. How then is recovery to be achieved? To begin with recovery has two meanings. It usually means to regain one’s health. But in the mental health field it has recently come to mean finding meaning and fulfillment despite continuing, even serious, illness. This involves taking measures to bring about change and find value and purpose. The author found recovery through her religious faith and writing. The author tells her story, and in doing so gives direction and offers encouragement. And in doing this she lets the seriously mentally ill know they are not alone.

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1666753327

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Country Roads of Illinois

By: Marcia Schnedler

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Country Roads of Illinois

By: Marcia Schnedler

A guide to old towns along the Mississippi, dense northern forests and the grassland that gave the Prairie State its nickname.

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1566260892

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Knitting with Barbed Wire

Understanding the Factor of Religion in Mental Illness and Health

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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Knitting with Barbed Wire

Understanding the Factor of Religion in Mental Illness and Health

By: Marcia A. Murphy

Knitting With Barbed Wire is imagery to stimulate thought for a myriad of benevolent activities which at first appear beautiful and helpful, but in reality are exclusion and ostracization for those who are different—different in appearance, race, economic status, or abilities—who are clearly not welcome. The metallic, rusty, and sharp barbed wire emotionally, socially, and physically bars those deemed unwanted; and any attempt to rush through the wire results in severe cuts, deep injuries, and even death. The author illustrates, with creative fiction as well as nonfiction prose, how vitally important religious belief is for acquiring sound mental health, and how the barbed wire of exclusion in attitudes and practices causes undue suffering for those deemed unwanted.

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Reflections on the Meaning of Mental Integrity

Recovery from Serious Mental Illness

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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Recovery from Serious Mental Illness

By: Marcia A. Murphy

How is mental integrity (the state of being complete, whole) achieved in light of serious mental illness? The author's intent is that this work will be a source of insight and healing for many and that it will equip the church, conjoined with the medical/scientific field of psychiatry, to do a better job of enabling people living with mental illness to access the resources they need for becoming whole. The author shares some of her personal story of experience with serious mental illness, i.e., its genesis and her subsequent recovery process, which included involvement in a Christian community and her ministry work as an advocate for the mentally ill.

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The Compassionate Psychiatrist

Redefining Mental Healthcare

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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The Compassionate Psychiatrist

Redefining Mental Healthcare

By: Marcia A. Murphy

I owe my psychiatric recovery process to several key figures. Russell Noyes Jr., MD, was one such personality, a physician without whom I would have undoubtedly been homeless, starving, and without hope. Hope, then, is key and Dr. Noyes was the embodiment of hope offered as a sacrifice to heal the wounded soul. He said that God had called him to be a psychiatrist. He touched many lives and I’m grateful to have known him. His unwavering and steadfast support helped me through many difficult circumstances and trials. Psychiatry is extremely challenging for all the healthcare providers who work in this field. Dr. Noyes even told me that he couldn’t have done his job without his faith which was what held him up. Character, then, what a person is made of, becomes evident by the fruit. What does a life leave behind in its wake? In this book discover how one man influenced my life for the better and had a major impact upon my mental health.

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A Small Handbook of Mental Health

Portal to a New Life

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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Portal to a New Life

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Writing by seriously mentally ill people is not common. The illness makes effective communication difficult, and for this reason, the writing they do is important. It provides insights into what the mentally ill experience. Also, it is a sharing of experience that may reduce the isolation and increase the sense of belonging among those who are ill. And fellow sufferers may pay attention and learn from the writer, in this case, how to achieve recovery. How then is recovery to be achieved? To begin with recovery has two meanings. It usually means to regain one's health. But in the mental health field it has recently come to mean finding meaning and fulfillment despite continuing, even serious, illness. This involves taking measures to bring about change and find value and purpose. The author found recovery through her religious faith and writing. The author tells her story, and in doing so gives direction and offers encouragement. And in doing this she lets the seriously mentally ill know they are not alone.

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Schizophrenia and Suicide

Finding Hope, Meaning, and Direction

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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Finding Hope, Meaning, and Direction

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In Schizophrenia and Suicide: Finding Hope, Meaning, and Direction, the author shares how, as a person with schizophrenia, the thought of suicide, for her, and also for others with this disease, can be a constant threat to their well-being. In this book she explores the topic of survival for people who have a mental illness, for whom self-destruction through suicide is all too common in the age of medicines, psychotherapies, and peer counselling. In addition, what role do faith communities play in counteracting this affliction and what are the responsibilities of the mentally ill, themselves, in choosing life over death by finding real meaning for their lives?

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Voices in the Rain

Meaning in Psychosis

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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Voices in the Rain

Meaning in Psychosis

By: Marcia A. Murphy

This is the story of a woman’s struggle with mental illness through which she finds spiritual meaning and, ultimately, God. As a person who has experience severe psychiatric illness and landed on her feet, Marcia A. Murphy offers a unique first-person perspective. She is qualified to tell what such illness is like, its symptoms, stigmatization, hospitalizations, and daily life. Ms. Murphy takes you into her world and provides insights into the spiritual meaning of her illness. Her story gives desperately needed hope to others who are ill, their families, psychiatric professionals, as well as to those who know someone who is ill. Experts in the field from Harvard, Yale, Boston University, the University of Iowa and elsewhere have endorsed this memoir. WHAT THE BOOK OFFERS: General Readers will learn what it is like to experience mental illness and gain compassion for those with such illness. Those with mental illness may be encouraged and given hope. Those who treat persons with such illness will gain appreciation of what recovery means and how it may be achieved.

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1725240181

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To Loose the Bonds of Injustice

The Plight of the Mentally Ill and What the Church Can Do

By: Marcia A. Murphy

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To Loose the Bonds of Injustice

The Plight of the Mentally Ill and What the Church Can Do

By: Marcia A. Murphy

This work is the first to address the living conditions of the mentally ill from the standpoint of social justice. It is the first for religion to partner with the psychiatric field from a spiritual vantage point to improve the lives of those afflicted with medical, social, and spiritual maladies. It is written by someone who has lived with the challenges of a marginalized human being, someone who has insights that no one in the mainstream has experienced. Professionals often write from the viewpoint of someone observing their patients from the outside. Instead, Ms. Murphy tells what it feels like from the inside—to be afflicted with emotional, physical, and social challenges that hinder development and success. This project offers solutions on many levels, unique by virtue of who and what the author is: someone that has been in the darkest depths of severe distress and who found that Christ is the only hope for the mentally afflicted; and the church as Christ’s body, though imperfect, has a vital role in healing and restoration.

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The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy

A Small Handbook of Mental Health

A Small Handbook of Mental Health

Country Roads of Illinois

Country Roads of Illinois

Knitting with Barbed Wire

Knitting with Barbed Wire

Reflections on the Meaning of Mental Integrity

Reflections on the Meaning of Mental Integrity

The Compassionate Psychiatrist

The Compassionate Psychiatrist

A Small Handbook of Mental Health

A Small Handbook of Mental Health

Schizophrenia and Suicide

Schizophrenia and Suicide

Voices in the Rain

Voices in the Rain

To Loose the Bonds of Injustice

To Loose the Bonds of Injustice

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