A Medical and Spiritual Perspective on Depression to Dismantle the Stigma Mind SpiritBody Integrating Mind, Body and Spirit

A Medical and Spiritual Perspective

on Depression toDismantle the Stigma

Mind

Spirit

Body

Integrating Integrating Mind, Body Mind, Body and Spirit and Spirit

HELP! I prayed, took meds, and love

my mother!I’m DYING

Psychological Defect-Tell me

about your mother!

Sin- Have more Faith!

Disease- Take your MEDS!

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TodayToday’’s Goalss Goals

• Know how the Bible and Science relate• 3 Sphere SMB Model for Behavioral Health

Issues• Powerful Spiritual Discipline of Decision-

Making– Emotions

• Depression– Why and Treatment

• Practical Equipping for You– Personally, Ministry to others– Today– Matrix Moments


Why is this Important?


StatisticsStatistics

• 9 % adults with Significant Depression this year13.4% female 6.7% male F:M = 2:1

• 17% lifetime adult prevalence Major Depression20-26% F 10-13% M

• 28 % lifetime prevalence Minor Depression

• 20% Adjustment DO with Depressed MoodCopyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 5

StatisticsStatistics

• 2% lifetime prevalence Bipolar Disorder

• 4% lifetime prevalence Dysthymia

• WHO: 2010 Depression is #1 YLD (yrs living with disability)

• WHO: 2010 Depression is #1 DALY (lost years due to premature death + disability years)


Suicide Epidemic

1. Heart disease: 5952. Cancer: 574 (Lung 158, Blood 55, Colon 52,

Breast 41)3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 1384. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 1295. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 1186. Alzheimer's disease: 837. Diabetes: 698. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis:

50.59. Influenza and Pneumonia: 5010.Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38


Jeremiah 29:11Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.


1 Corinthians 6:19-20

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”


Romans 12:1-2Romans 12:1-2“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the

mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”


Isaiah 61:1Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners.


SpiritualSpiritual WarfareWarfare


Science and FaithScience and Faith

• Darwin and Freud

• Faith: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

• Definitions Collide• Do they work together?


Science and FaithScience and Faith

Science is:–The study of what God made–How it works–How we can maximally steward it for God’s glory and our ultimate growth/fulfillment in Him


God’s Great God’s Great CreationsCreations

MindFree Will: Decision Making


Science is a tool.Science is a tool.So let’s not ignore the science.

Science is a tool.Science is a tool.So let’s not ignore the science.

Your wish Your wish is my is my

command!command!

SOLOMONSOLOMON1 Kings 3:5, 9-11

The Most Important The Most Important Spiritual Discipline:Spiritual Discipline:


Deuteronomy 30Deuteronomy 30

10 The Lord your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.


11This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you to understand, and it is within your reach.


19Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!

20 You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Proverbs 4:23Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for

from it flow the wellsprings of

life.


2 Corinthians 10:3-62 Corinthians 10:3-6For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.


KarlKarl’’s s StoryStory

Why did I become a

psychiatrist?




S.P.E.C.T. ScansS.P.E.C.T. Scans

A sophisticated nuclear medicine study that looks directly at cerebral blood

flow and indirectly at the brain activity (or metabolism)


SinglePhotonEmissionComputerized Tomography

Normal Brain: TopNormal Brain: Top


All of the following slides are used with

permission from “Images Into

Human Behavior - A Brain SPECT Atlas” by Daniel

Amen, M.D. © Copyright

2000

Normal Brain: FrontNormal Brain: Front


Normal Brain: Normal Brain: BottomBottom


Normal Brain: Active Normal Brain: Active ViewsViews

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Motorcycle AccidentMotorcycle Accident


Alzheimers DiseaseAlzheimers Disease


20 yr Heroin Addiction (39 20 yr Heroin Addiction (39 y/o)y/o)


2 Yrs of Frequent Cocaine Use (24 2 Yrs of Frequent Cocaine Use (24 y/o)y/o)


10 Yrs of Mostly Weekend 10 Yrs of Mostly Weekend Marijuana Use Marijuana Use

(28 y/o)(28 y/o)


17 Years of Heavy Weekend Alcohol 17 Years of Heavy Weekend Alcohol UseUse

(38 y/o)(38 y/o)


27 Yr Daily Heavy Cigarette & Coffee 27 Yr Daily Heavy Cigarette & Coffee UseUse

45 y/o 45 y/o


Depression Depression


Before Treatment After Treatment

Paranoid Schizophrenia:Paranoid Schizophrenia:Before and After Before and After

Medication/TherapyMedication/Therapy

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PTSD, Depression, and PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety Anxiety

Before and After St. JohnBefore and After St. John’’s Wort and s Wort and EMDREMDR


Images of PMSImages of PMS


Day 2 of Cycle (Worst Time)

Day 10 of Cycle (Best Time)

Hardware SummaryHardware Summary• Our brains are dynamic organs• Our brains can be injured or diseased easily -

Biological problem = Disease• Our brains can be strengthened or renewed• Our brains affect and are affected by other

factors – not just born this way


How does the brain How does the brain malfunction?malfunction?

We need a system that addresses all three spheres


Mind

Spirit

Body

Body, Mind, & SpiritBody, Mind, & Spirit• Body : mechanical, physical, and

biochemical functions


Mind: mental processes and behavior

Body, Mind, & SpiritBody, Mind, & SpiritInner Spiritual• Immaterial• Our eternal part • Allows relationship

with God• Encodes our

uniqueness• Differentiates us

from other animals• Allows unique

relationships with others

Outer Spiritual• Trinity• angels• Satan• Heaven• Hell


Spirit, Mind, & Body Spirit, Mind, & Body IntegrationIntegration

• Spirit: inner/outer; Owner/Designer

• Mind: Operating System

• Body: Physical Hardware


Goal = Mind of ChristGoal = Mind of Christ

Jesus’ Brain = Perfection!

1.Perceived everything from a Godly perspective

2.Responded with Biblical skills


BrainWorksBrainWorks Research Research

Skin

GI / Cardiac

Panic Disorder Study


Heart Heart of Transformation: of Transformation: Decision-MakingDecision-Making

• No biological Intervention• But Brain Chemistry Improved/Renewed

Decision-making is exercise for brain• Good decisions = stronger brain• Bad decisions = injured brain


What determines accurate Perception and Response?

Integration is Key!Integration is Key!


Mind

SpiritBody

Decision-Making Decision-Making ==

Spirit, Mind, & Body

IntegrationIntegration

Integration is Key!Integration is Key!

Decision-Making = Science and Spirituality working together

• God’s instruction manual (the Bible) tells us how to perceive accurately and respond appropriately

• Human instruction manuals harm our abilities to perceive accurately and respond appropriately



SPEARSSPEARS• All the elements• Right sequence• Requires thought• Requires intention• Requires practice


Stimuli

Perception

Emotion

Assessment

Response

Summary Thought

What word do you see?What word do you see?


EmotionsEmotions


God has lots of God has lots of emotions!emotions!

• Anger – Mat 23, Mark 3, John 2, 2 Kings 24• Jealousy – Exodus 20, Deut 6• Sad/Wept – Luke 19, John 11, Heb 5• Troubled – John 12• Forsaken – Matt 27• Abandoned – Matt 27• Tempted – Matt 4• Worried – Luke 22


EmotionEmotion• Warning system• Not a decision-

making system• Distort reality

- Court- Doctors

• Volume Buttons


Stimuli

Perception

Emotion

Assessment

Response

Summary Thought

Sadness Sadness or or

DepressionDepression


Psych MedsPsych Meds• Cure or Heresy• Our Purpose - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20• Symptom Relief

– Temporary Renewing – Decrease Emotional Volume– Cleaner Lenses

• Diabetes or Heart Disease• Facilitators


Romans 12:1-2Romans 12:1-2

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.Do not be conformed to this world, but

be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.


2 Corinthians 10:3-62 Corinthians 10:3-6

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.


SummarySummary

• Science and Spirituality do fit together well• Matrix Moments• Learned a sound SMB Integration model• Decision-making is the key spiritual discipline

and core competency everyone needs to learn

• Decision-Making is the exercise of the brain• Need a Strategy – SPEARS DM Model• Emotions – role• Renewing the Mind – temporary and ongoing


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A Medical and Spiritual Perspective on Depression to Dismantle the Stigma Mind SpiritBody Integrating Mind, Body and Spirit