A Soul Under Siege: Surviving Clergy Depression

by C. Welton Gaddy

Book Overview

What do ministers do when they get depressed? Do they just work because "the show must go on"? Some ministers may, but C. Welton Gaddy did not. In this intensely personal book, described by Wayne E. Oates as "frank, considerate, and attention keeping," the author tells the story of how he "stopped the show," entered a well-organized, modern psychiatric unit, and received psychiatric care. He also tells of his discovery in the hospital of a more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664252117
• ISBN13: 9780664252113
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"