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How is mental integrity (the state of being complete, whole) achieved in light of serious mental illness? The author's intent is that this work will be a source of insight and healing for many and that it will equip the church, conjoined with the medical/scientific field of psychiatry, to do a better job of enabling people living with mental illness to access the resources they need for becoming whole. The author shares some of her personal story of experience with serious mental illness, i.e., its genesis and her subsequent recovery process, which included involvement in a Christian community and her ministry work as an advocate for the mentally ill.

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In the midst of devastating mental illness, Murphy hears from God. Her resulting faith points her toward recovery. She tells us what steps she took, and that others must take, to achieve mental health. Hers is a unique and powerful voice. Patients and doctors both should listen. --Russell Noyes Jr., MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa In an impactful narrative, Marcia Murphy writes with the raw, first-person discernment of someone recovering from serious mental illness. Her prose highlights the interacting forces influencing mental health--physical, psychological, social, and faith based. Her courage in describing her own recovery and the importance of human interaction, community, prayer, and the arts can provide examples for health-care workers and religious communities looking to serve alongside those striving to recover from mental illness. --Cecilia Norris, MD, Medical Director, Iowa City Free Medical Clinic In the midst of devastating mental illness, Murphy hears from God. Her resulting faith points her toward recovery. She tells us what steps she took, and that others must take, to achieve mental health. Hers is a unique and powerful voice. Patients and doctors both should listen. --Russell Noyes Jr., MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa In an impactful narrative, Marcia Murphy writes with the raw, first-person discernment of someone recovering from serious mental illness. Her prose highlights the interacting forces influencing mental health--physical, psychological, social, and faith based. Her courage in describing her own recovery and the importance of human interaction, community, prayer, and the arts can provide examples for health-care workers and religious communities looking to serve alongside those striving to recover from mental illness. --Cecilia Norris, MD, Medical Director, Iowa City Free Medical Clinic

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Marcia A. Murphy has published articles, essays, and works of creative nonfiction in professional psychiatric journals, anthologies, and newspapers. She is the author of Voices in the Rain: Meaning in Psychosis, a memoir (2010, reprint: 2018); To Loose the Bonds of Injustice: The Plight of the Mentally Ill and What the Church Can Do (2018); and The Collected Writings of Marcia A. Murphy: Christus Magnus Medicus Sanat [Christ, the great physician, heals]. Website: www.hopeforrecovery.com.

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