Finding Jesus in the Storm. John Swinton
Introduction: Life in All Its Fullness
About the Book and Its Language
PART I: THE ART OF DESCRIPTION
Chapter 1: Redescribing the World of “Mental Illness”
The Problem of Thin Descriptions
Making Up Thin People: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Biology and the Thinning of Mental Health Challenges
Chapter 2: Resurrecting Phenomenology
Developing a Phenomenological Attitude
Four Horizons: Creating a Thick Conversation around Severe Mental Health Challenges
PART II: REDESCRIBING DIAGNOSIS
Chapter 3: Taking Our Meds Faithfully
Diagnosis, Alienation, and Resignation
PART III: REDESCRIBING DEPRESSION
Thickening Our Understanding of Depression
Chapter 5: Finding God in the Darkness
PART IV: HEARING VOICES
Chapter 6: Understanding Psychosis
The Problem with Schizophrenia
Hearing Voices across Cultures
Chapter 8: A Strange Kind of Loneliness
Are Voices Inevitably Bad? A Strange Kind of Silence
PART V: REDESCRIBING BIPOLAR DISORDER
The Problem with Neurological Explanations: Moving beyond Neuromania
Chapter 10: Bipolar Disorder and the Nature of Suffering
Epistemic Innocence: Medicating a Prophet
Rethinking Recovery: Creating a Context for Epistemic Justice