MENTAL ILLNESS
(Also called Mental Disorders; Mental Health Disorders)
(See also Alzheimer’s Disease; Autism; Dementia; Depression [Mental]; Insanity; Senility)
(Note centered heading below: List by Type)
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g05 6/22 30; g04 10/8 30-31; g03 1/8 30; g88 5/22 28; g87 1/8 28; g87 5/22 28; g87 9/22 28
Bible examples:
David feigns: w24.01 3; it-2 291; w87 4/15 19
demon-possessed man (Mr 5; Lu 8): it-2 291
Nebuchadnezzar: it-2 291; dp 90-94; w86 10/1 3
children: g03 2/8 28
lack of communication a cause: g95 11/8 28
mentally disabled: g 10/09 15; g 4/06 25-28
Christians who suffer: w88 10/15 25-29
meetings and service: w88 11/15 23-24
what elders can do: w88 10/15 26-27; w88 11/15 21-24
what fellow Christians can do: wp23.1 14-15; w88 11/15 21, 24
whether demons may be involved: w88 10/15 27-28; g86 9/8 10
whether to seek professional help: wp23.1 4; w96 9/1 30-31; w88 10/15 27-29
classifications: g86 9/8 4
contributing factors: w88 10/15 26
brain abnormalities: g86 9/8 5-7
heredity: g86 9/8 5
taproot of mental ills is lovelessness (quote): g86 9/22 5
coping with: wp23.1 5-13; g 12/14 4-6
criminally insane murderer living better than ever: g94 4/22 29
discussion: wp23.1 3-4; g 12/14 2-6; g86 9/8 3-10
experiences:
anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder: wp23.1 7
overcoming mental illness: g04 9/8 20-22; g87 4/22 28; g87 12/22 28; g86 9/8 3-4, 6-8, 10
psychiatrist praises effect of Bible study on schizophrenic patient: w91 1/1 7
sister with schizophrenic son: w90 12/1 31
Watchtower article helps man diagnose himself: w01 10/15 32
helping a friend who has: wp23.1 14-15
helping a loved one who has: g04 9/8 20-22
helping families of victims: w88 11/15 24
homeless people: g92 4/22 29; g88 3/8 9
identifying: g04 9/8 21
Jerusalem attracts mentally ill: g96 4/8 29; g92 9/22 29
life story of victim of bipolar mood disorder: w23.04 17-18; w07 7/15 28; w06 5/1 15-16; w00 12/1 24-28
meaning of term: wp23.1 3; g 12/14 4
medical personnel: g86 12/8 29
not a personal failure: g02 5/22 28
prevalence: mrt article 99; wp23.1 3; g 12/14 3; g 6/09 29; g 4/06 29; g04 9/8 20; g02 5/22 28; g02 7/22 28; g99 2/8 31; w97 4/15 6; g94 8/8 28-29; w88 10/15 25
developing nations: g96 5/22 28
treatment: wp23.1 4; g 12/14 4-5; g86 9/8 6-10
drug therapy: w88 10/15 28-29; g86 9/8 6-9
electroconvulsive therapy (shock therapy): g86 9/8 8
farm life: g 4/07 30
nutritional therapy: g86 9/8 8-9
psychoanalysis: w88 10/15 29; g86 9/8 10
talk therapy: w88 10/15 29
List by Type
(Where no references appear, see main heading)
anxiety disorders: g98 7/22 3
autism:
body dysmorphic disorder: g04 7/22 26-27; g04 12/22 7
dementia:
demon possession: it-2 291
depression:
insanity:
lycanthropy: it-2 291; dp 93-94
mood (affective) disorders: g04 1/8 3-13; g04 10/8 30-31
obsessive-compulsive disorder: g 3/12 27; g96 2/8 20-22; g96 9/22 30; g96 10/8 30
schizophrenia:
senility: