Description

The theological and practical question at the heart of this book is what does it mean to care and be cared for. This book is the story of an ordinary mother’s personal family life through the nightmare of caring for a teenage daughter with acute clinical depression. It provides a valuable and deeply moving insight into what it means to care for a person with a severe mental illness and will provide valuable information to many carers who feel isolated and unsupported. It will also be of considerable interest to the professionals who offer help in such circumstances. In attempting to identify the particular benefit and importance of the dimension of spiritual support, it also provides a valuable reference for the Churches. It lays down vital challenges that call the Churches to take very seriously its ministry to people with mental illnesses and their families.