Category: Psychiatry – Psychology

by John Weldon and John Ankerberg

Although visualization can be adapted to almost any philosophy, in its popular usage it is loosely tied to a monistic or pantheistic world view that sees humans as divine and creators of their own reality. The practice itself en-hances and perhaps even sets up the development of the monistic (“all is one”) states of consciousness foundational to the New Age movement.

by UK Apologetics

One of the myths about psychology is that that professional psychological counseling produces greater results than other forms of help, such as self-help or that provided by family, friends, or pastors. Thus, psychological counseling is seen as more effective than Biblical counseling in helping some Christians. This is one of the main reasons why so many professing Christians are training to become psychotherapists.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900)
by Robin A. Brace
2006.

Friedrich Nietzsche challenged the foundations of traditional morality and of Christianity. He believed in the creativity and realities of the world in which we live, rather than any contemplation of a world beyond. In The Twilight of the Gods (Götzen-Dämmerung, 1888) he wrote,’I call Christianity the one great curse, the one enormous and innermost perversion, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are too venomous, too underhand, too underground and too petty — I call it the one immortal blemish of mankind. … The only excuse for God is that he doesn’t exist.’

by Robin A. Brace
2006

So Freud was adamantly opposed to Christianity. He taught that religious doctrines are all illusions and that religion is “A universal obsessional neurosis of humanity.” In fact along with sexual repression, he viewed religion as one of the main reasons for mental problems and thus formed all of his notions from a Darwinist/godless position. Yet Freud’s views have influenced our culture to the degree that even many Christians began to doubt the effectiveness of the Bible and the Church in dealing with life’s problems.

by Elements Behavioral Health

In a country where we can buy over-the-counter pain relievers which portend to address highly specialized discomforts such as headache, joint ache, backache, migraine and mild arthritis could we be over-medicating for mental discomforts? Some are wondering if we have become a population that is ready to pop a pill the moment we feel even a little bit off of our game.

by Bible.org   
1993

During the past 15 to 20 years a dramatic shift has taken place in American Christianity: Psychology has flooded into the church. Christian psychologists are now the ones many Christians primarily look to for guidance in the Christian life. Christian psychologists write many of the best-selling books and dominate much of Christian radio. Many pastors use psychological terms and concepts in their sermons.

by David Cloud
April 14, 2011

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), the founder of analytical psychology, has been influential, not only in society at large, but also in the New Age movement and within almost all aspects of Christianity. Jung has influenced both modernists and evangelicals. His writings are influential within the contemplative movement. He has been promoted by Paul Tillich, Morton Kelsey, John Sanford, Thomas Moore, Joseph Campbell, John Spong, Richard Foster, Agnes Sanford, and Gary Thomas, to name a few. Jung’s psychological typing provides the underpinning for the Personality Profiling part of Rick Warren’s SHAPE program, which is used by countless churches and churches and institutions.

by Pastor Steve Carr

What psychologists say and what the Bible says

by John Horgan

I fear that, given the recent trend toward prescribing powerful, profitable and potentially harmful psychiatric medications to children in the U.S., TeenScreen and similar programs may end up hurting more children than they help.

by Vicki Martin, MD
March 13, 2014

In the past decade, much concern has been raised about the increasing, excessive and inappropriate use of off-label psychiatric medications for children. In addition, the use of medication cocktails (polypharmacy) has become increasing common in child psychiatry. These medications have significant potential for harm. Many have serious, long-term side effects such as weight gain, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, movement disorders, seizures, cardiac arrhythmias, neurological disorders, gynecomastia in boys, violence and suicide.