PTSD
In ‘When Religion Hurts You,’ a psychotherapist argues religious trauma is trauma
By Kathryn Post — October 9, 2023
(RNS) — For too long, says Laura Anderson in her new book, most clinical dialogue suggested that to heal from religious harm, you just needed to become an atheist.
Diane Langberg on church leaders and abuse: ‘We have utterly failed God’
By Bob Smietana — January 12, 2023
(RNS) — For five decades, psychologist Diane Langberg has worked with survivors of abuse and trauma. She remains amazed by their courage — and dismayed by the way church leaders have failed survivors of abuse.
Spirituality and service play essential and understudied roles in mental health
By Daniel Bergner — June 22, 2022
(RNS) — Given the walls biomedical psychiatry has run into, it’s time to pay attention to the connections experts are drawing among spirituality, service and mental health.
At world’s largest refugee camp, trauma victims seek healing in God
By Tonny Onyulo — August 8, 2018
BIDI BIDI REFUGEE CAMP, Uganda (RNS) – 'The church gives them new hope, which is important to refugees and any person who has experienced trauma,' says a counselor.
Moral injury: An assault on the soul
By Martin E. Marty — August 31, 2016
...just to watch parades or hear macho defenses of the military or ponder theological “just war” arguments will not go far enough, now that we realize anew that moral injury of this sort can be fatal to individuals and cultures.
David Barton & Kenneth Copeland: PTSD isn’t biblical
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 12, 2013
(RNS) On a Veterans Day broadcast program, Kenneth Copeland and David Barton told listeners that soldiers should never experience guilt or PTSD after returning from serving in the military.
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