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The care of the missionary family.
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The Family in mission: Understanding and caring for those who serve (pp. 251-261).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
2004
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This chapter presents a comprehensive model of care, from influences on potential candidates through the stages of missionary selection, training, and service both overseas and at home, and including post-service, retirement, and even death.
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Missionaries and moods.
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Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 287-292).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2002
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This chapter describes common mood disorders and helps non-medical people identify when depression needs treatment and, in some cases, crisis intervention.
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Personality disorders and overseas missions: Guidelines for the mental health professional.
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Enhancing missionary vitality: Mental health professions serving global mission (pp. 333-342).
Palmer Lake, CO: Mission Training International.
2002
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This chapter discusses personality disorders which are usually not treatable in a mission setting, so the best way to prevent disasters is to improve the selection process of that candidates with personality disorders are not sent overseas. Same as in Journal of Psychology and Theology (1993) vol. 21, pp. 18-25.
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Helping TCKs deal with anger.
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Interact,
February/March, Vol. 9, No. 3. pp. 1-4.
2001
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An article showing that TCKs may get stuck in anger as they are grieving many losses and this anger may not be recognized. It must be dealt with.
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A suggested prefield process for missionary candidates.
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Journal of Psychology and Theology.
27, 87-97.
1999
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An article giving a suggested steps missionary candidates should proceed through in selection, going from less expensive to more expensive, so that a mission organizations resources can be maximally utilized. The appendices are particularly useful.
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The MMPI as a predictive tool for missionary candidates
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Journal of Psychology and Theology
24, 124-132.
1996
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An article describing double blind experiment for predicting missionary success by looking only at MMPI results and dividing people into "Yes," "No," and "Maybe" categories. Yes and no predictions were accurate 77% and 71% of the time, and maybe predictions were divided. Criteria are given.
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Personality disorders and overseas missions: guidelines for the mental health professional.
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Journal of Psychology and Theology,
21, 18-25.
1993
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An excellent summary of personality disorders with a call to avoid placing them in overseas assignments because of what their long-term, poor-prognosis disorder can do to the mission and the work. This is a minor revision of Schubert (1991) Personality disorders and the selection process for overseas missionaries. International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 15, 33-36. It is also in Powell & Bowers (2002) Enhancing Missionary Vitality, pp. 333-342.
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Current issues in screening and selection
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Missionary Care: Counting the cost for world evangelization (pp. 74-88).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1992
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Deals with bruising, personality disorders and assessment. There is an emphasis on personality disorders, and the use of the MMPI to assess them. The MCMI may be a better tool for that.
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Personality disorders and the selection of overseas missionaries.
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International Bulletin of Missionary Research
15, 33-36.
1991
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An excellent summary of personality disorders with a call to avoid placing them in overseas assignments because of what their long-term, poor-prognosis disorder can do to the mission and the work. This article was given a minor revision and appears also as Schubert (1993), Personality disorders and overseas missions: Guidelines for the mental health professional, Journal of Psychology and Theology, 21, 18-25.
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Burnout: MKs and missionaries.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 171-186).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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A chapter on causes, prevention, and treatment of burnout. Many very practical suggestions are given.
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Depression and suicide.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 127-148).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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A chapter about depression and suicide in adults, adolescents and children. Since it was written in the 1980s, it is somewhat dated.
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Eating disorders.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp.165-170).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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A chapter about eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
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Posttraumatic stress disorder.
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Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 155-164).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1989
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A chapter giving a good summary of PTSD as applicable to missions.
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Keeping third-culture kids emotionally healthy: Depression and suicide among MKs.
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New directions in missions: Implications for MKs. Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Manila, Philippines, November 5-9, 1984 (pp. 96-102).
Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
1986
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A chapter dealing with depression, particularly adolescent depression. It includes a list of 8 types of MKs at higher risk and a list of 10 ways to provide support systems during transition.
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