23
. For quotations in this paragraph see Edwards,
Van Gogh and God,
1.
24
. Vincent Van Gogh Gallery, “Van Gogh Quotes,”
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/quotes.html
.
25
. Vincent Van Gogh Gallery, “Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh 005,”
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/letters/005.html
.
26
. Dietrich Blumer, “The Illness of Vincent van Gogh,”
The American Journal of Psychiatry,
vol. 159, 519-526.
27
. Blumer, “The Illness of Vincent van Gogh.”
28
. Julius Meier-Graefe,
Vincent Van Gogh: A Biography,
trans. John Holroyd-Reece (New York: Courier Dover, 1987), 145.
29
. For this section see Frank Minirth,
In Pursuit of Happiness
(Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 2004), 25-26.
30
. For this section, see Minirth,
In Pursuit of Happiness,
25-26.
31
. For characteristics of mania and depression see Melissa Spearing and Mary Lynn Hendrix,
Bipolar Disorder,
rev. and updated ed., eds. Clarissa K. Wittenberg, Margaret Strock, and Lisa D. Alberts (National Institute of Mental Health 2001),
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm
; David E. Larson, ed.,
Mayo Clinic Family Health Book,
2d ed. (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1996), 1125-26.
32
. Robert S. McGee,
The Search for Significance,
2d ed. (Houston, TX: Rapha, 1990), 27; Lawrence J. Crabb,
Understanding People
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987), 15-16.
33
. CNN, “Texas mother charged with killing her 5 children,” June 21, 2001.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/06/20/children.killed/index.html
.
34
. For information on postpartum depression see Archibald D. Hart, “The Psychopathology of Postpartum Disorders,”
Christian Counseling Today
10, no. 4 (2002): 16-17.
35
.
DSM-IV TR,
422.
36
. For this section, see Archibald Hart and Catherine Hart Weber,
Unveiling Depression in Women
(Grand Rapids: Revell, 2002), 49-65.
37
. See Michael Lyles,
Women and Depression,
Extraordinary Women, EW 301, videocassette (Forest, VA: American Association of Christian Counselors, n.d.).
38
. Christy Oglesby, “Postpartum Depression: More than ‘Baby Blues,’”
CNN.com
, June 27, 2001,
http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/parenting/06/26/postpartum.depression/index.html
;
DSVM-IV TR,
422-23; Hart and Hart Weber,
Unveiling Depression in Women,
126.
39
. For this section see
DSVM-IV TR,
422-23; Michael R. Lyles, “Psychiatric Aspects of Postpartum Mood Disorders,”
Christian Counseling Today
10, no. 4 (2002): 19.
40
. For this section see Hart and Hart Weber,
Unveiling Depression in Women,
55.
41
. For this section see Bill Kurtis,
The Andrea Yates Story,
videocassette (A&E Television Networks, 2003).
42
. Minirth,
In Pursuit of Happiness,
27.
43
. Minirth,
In Pursuit of Happiness,
43-45.
44
. Minirth,
In Pursuit of Happiness,
189-90.
45
.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary,
s.v. “Repression.”
46
. Timothy Roche, “Andrea Yates: More to the Story,”
Time,
March 18, 2002,
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,218445,00.html
.
47
. Roche, “Andrea Yates: More to the Story,”
Time.
48
. W.E. Vine,
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words,
electronic ed. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1996), s.v. “Kyrios.”
49
. Minirth,
In Pursuit of Happiness,
208.
50
. See also W. Ian Thomas,
The Mystery of Godliness
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1964), 54-69.
51
. On the three God-given inner needs, see Lawrence J. Crabb, Jr.,
Understanding People: Deep Longings for Relationship
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987), 15-16; Robert S. McGee,
The Search for Significance,
2d ed. (Houston, TX: Rapha, 1990), 27-30.
52
. A.J. Richardson, “The Importance of Omega-3 fatty acids for behavior, cognition, and mood,”
Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition,
vol. 47, no. 2 (Lund, Sweden: Taylor and Francis Health Sciences, 2003), 93.
53
. Alan C. Logan, “Neurobehavioral aspects of omega-3 fatty acids: possible mechanisms and therapeutic value in major depressions,”
Alternative Medicine Review,
November, 2003,
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDN/is_4_8/ai_111303983
.
54
. Richardson, “The Importance of Omega-3.”
55
. For this section see Hart and Hart Weber,
Unveiling Depression in Women,
180-81; SAD Association, “Symptoms,”
http://www.sada.org.uk/symptoms.htm
.
56
. Minirth,
In Pursuit of Happiness,
163.
57
. Charles H. Spurgeon,
Lectures to My Students
(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1980), 158-64 (emphasis added).
58
. Roy W. Fairchild,
Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling,
eds. Rodney J. Hunter,
et al.
(Nashville: Abingdon, 1990), s.v. “Sadness and Depression.”
59
. Joshua Wolf Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy
(New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005), 19.
60
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
62.
61
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
93.
62
.
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln,
volume 7, ed. Roy R Basler, “Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore upon Presentation of a Bible,” September 7, 1864 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), 542.
63
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
193.
64
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
193.
65
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
193.
66
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
200.
67
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
209.
68
. Shenk,
Lincoln’s Melancholy,
208.
Fear: Moving from Panic to Peace
1
. Judges 6:3-4.
2
.
American Heritage Electronic Dictionary
(Houghton Mifflin, 1992), s.v. “Fear.”
3
. W.E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger, William White,
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words,
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1985), s.v. “Fear.”
4
. Judges 6:14.
5
. Judges 6:16.
6
. See Exodus 33:20.
7
. Lawrence O. Richards,
The Bible Reader’s Companion
(Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1991), 72.
8
. Mary Lynn Hendrix,
Understanding Panic Disorders
(US Department of Health and Human Service, National Institutes of Health), 2.
9
. Mary Lynn Hendrix,
Understanding Panic Disorders,
2-3.
10
.
New Oxford Dictionary of English,
electronic ed. (Oxford University Press, 1998).
11
. Vine, Unger, White,
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words,
s.v. “Fear.”
12
. Vine, Unger, White,
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words,
s.v. “Fear.”
13
. Oaklawn Toward Health and Wholeness,
What Everyone Should Know About Anxiety Disorders
(South Deerfield, MA: Channing L. Bete, Co., 1994), 2-3.
14
. Kevin R. Kracke, “Phobic Disorders,”
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology & Counseling,
2d ed., eds. David G. Benner and Peter C. Hill (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 871-72.
15
. For this section, see Kracke, “Phobic Disorders.” Kracke renames the simple phobia as specific phobia.
16
. Adapted from Florence Littauer,
Lives on the Mend
(Waco, TX: Word Books, 1985), 46-51.
17
. Littauer,
Lives on the Mend,
47-48.
18
. Littauer,
Lives on the Mend,
48.
19
. Littauer,
Lives on the Mend,
48.
20
. Littauer,
Lives on the Mend,
50.
21
. For examples of abnormal fear see American Psychiatric Association,
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
4th ed. (Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000), 432.
22
. Phobia Center of the Southwest, “Agoraphobia,” 1990.
23
. Judges 7:12.
24
. Judges 8:10.
25
. Deuteronomy 20:1-4,8.
26
. See Karen Randau,
Conquering Fear
(Dallas: Rapha, 1991), 41-56.
27
. See Randau,
Conquering Fear,
41-56.
28
. Deuteronomy 6:13.
29
. Judges 8:10.
30
. Judges 6:36-40.
31
. Judges 6:14.
32
. See Leslie Parrott, III, “Systematic Desensitization,”
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology & Counseling,
2d ed., eds. David G. Benner and Peter C. Hill (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 1193.
33
. Shirley Babior and Carol Goldman,
Overcoming Panic Attacks: Strategies to Free Yourself from the Anxiety Trap
(Minneapolis, MN: CompCare, 1990), 59-62.
Grief Recovery: Living at Peace with Loss
1
. For this section, see John A. Larson, “Grief,”
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology & Counseling,
2d ed., eds. David G. Benner and Peter C. Hill (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 519.