Help! I’ve Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder

A mini-book written to help people (and their friends and family) who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. If you’ve just been diagnosed with a mental disorder, you may be feeling overwhelmed and have all kinds of questions. In this mini-book, Christine Chappell writes out of her own experience of diagnosis and offers readers a redemptive perspective from which to begin processing their nuanced problems. Cautioning against a “fix it” mentality, she shows how the Scriptures provide stabilizing truths about our personhood, purpose, and potential for making God-glorifying progress during the challenging post-diagnosis journey. Publisher: Shepherd Press Type: Booklet ISBN: 9781633422582 ______________ Christine Chappell serves as the Outreach Director and Hope + Help Podcast Host for the Institute of Biblical Counseling & Discipleship. She’s passionate about advocating for biblical one-another care and discipleship in the context of the local church and blogs regularly at christinemchappell.com. ______________ ‘When I’m looking for resources in counseling and medicine, I’m always interested in the personal accounts of those who have been in the middle of a problem and found their way out. Help! I’ve Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder is that kind of resource. In this useful book, Christine Chappell offers hope and help to those whose lives have received a label, but not much help from it. Christine relates how she found comfort when she changed her purpose in life from finding relief from symptoms to living to glorify God despite them. I recommend this encouraging book to those who are in the same struggle, their loved ones, and those who counsel them.’ Dr. Charles Hodges, M.D. - Executive Director, Vision of Hope; Author, "Good Mood, Bad Mood: Help and Hope for Depression and Bipolar Disorder"; Fellow, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors