Zadok Perspectives Issue 87

My mum had a mental illness by Gordon Preece

Among the tombs: demons, border protection and the Cornelia Rau case by Sally Cloke

Mental illness in the Church by Rod Smith

I couldn't be depressed! by Jenni & Darren Cronshaw

Light through the confusion: an interview with Jason Patrick by Darren Cronshaw

Perhaps if I explain it like this ... by Linda Thompson

E-diary of 'hope among the patients' by Ian Walker

Riverside by Jenny Maries

Remembering John Paul II by Rod Benson

The supernatural silver screen
Review by Mick Pope

Troubled minds: the lithium revolution
Review by Gordon Preece

The emotionally healthy church
Review by Chris Currie

God's politics: Why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it
Review by Chris White

To live in peace: biblical faith and the changing inner city.
Review by Doug Hynd

Bad news from Israel
Review by Christopher Davey

Abattoir blues: the lyre of Orpheus
Review by Rebecca Froley

S138 Adolescent depression in Australia.
By Barry Rodgers
Winter 2005
Some of the trigger events for depression in young people, and what are they saying about their experiences and its sources are reviewed. The paper outlines some research-based initiatives for addressing mental health issues, and promoting youth resilience / the bounce-back factor - for positive, hopeful living. Christian faith communities and networks as well as Christian educators and schools have a variety of important roles to play in this regard.

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S139 The spiritual dimension of modern psychiatry.
By William Wilkie
Winter 2005
Western psychiatry has tended to avoid the spiritual reality, and as a result, some important avenues of psychiatric treatment have been virtually ignored. However, those psychiatrists willing to acknowledge that there is a spiritual dimension, and who are willing to learn a few basic rules, can greatly expand their clinical effectiveness.