Crisis Psychology

In the wake of the global pandemic millions of people are battling stress, worry, anxiety, and depression as a result of the collateral damage it has caused. More than 40 percent of Americans are depressed and one in six Americans are taking antidepressants just to cope. It is the leading cause of disability among people ages 15-44. This is a pandemic of the mind - a mindemic. Mindemic: How Faith Can Help Us Overcome the Anxiety and Depression Crisis in America explores the connection between science and faith in a journey to overcome the battle of the mind.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a tremendous toll on the mental health of our troops. In 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama took to the Senate floor to tell his colleagues that "many of our injured soldiers are returning from Iraq with traumatic brain injury", which doctors were calling the "signature wound" of the Iraq War. Alarming stories of veterans taking their own lives raised a host of vital questions: For instance, why hadn't the military been better prepared to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI)?

When I was preparing to become a priest and missionary 52 years ago, I was then 23 years old and living in Ottawa. I wrote two memoirs for my master’s degree in philosophy. The first memoir was on the American psychotherapist Carl Rogers and the second one on the French philosopher Aimé Forest.

Our mental health can be incredibly fragile and easily come off the rails at any moment. Almost any significant change can affect it, and with busy lives and careers there is more scope for things to go wrong than ever before. So is your mind fit to face the challenge. Inside of this audiobook, Mental Health: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness and Handle Any Mental Health Crises, you will find new ways to help you cope with mental health issues that crop up.

Krisen oder traumatische Erlebnisse erfährt früher oder später jeder Mensch im Leben. Ob du eine Trennung überwinden musst, mit der Trauer um einen Freund oder Familienangehörigen fertig werden musst, oder emotionaler Missbrauch durch einen nahestehenden Menschen vorliegt. Was passiert ist, kann nicht ungeschehen gemacht werden. Oftmals wissen wir dies zwar und versuchen nach vorne zu schauen und die Zukunft positiv zu gestalten. Leider scheitern wir bei diesem Versuch oft und schaffen es einfach nicht, das Gedankenkarussel zu verlassen und das Grübeln zu stoppen.

The dreaded midlife crisis doesn’t strike everyone, but it’s a common enough occurrence that everyone is familiar with the concept. If you find yourself in the middle of one, your own concern is finding your way out. There are many theories about what causes this common phenomenon in one’s older adult years. Many cultures, including Japanese and Indian, don’t seem to suffer from midlife crises. At least part of the issue seems to be influenced by culture.

Is there really such a thing as a midlife crisis - a true crisis in a person's life that happens in midlife? Yes, there is. But fortunately for most of us, it is a fairly rare event. Unlike the midlife crisis, a midlife transition is a quasi-universal reaction to the major changes that take place in midlife, mentally, physically and in relationships. This book describes the powerful, dynamic forces that underlie both the midlife crisis and midlife transition and provides, through clinical case material, a detailed description of each.