Integrating Mind Body and Spirit Mind Body A

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

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Today’s 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. Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 3

Why is this Important? Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 4

Statistics • 9 % adults with Significant Depression this year Ø 13. 4% female 6. 7% male F: M = 2: 1 • 17% lifetime adult prevalence Major Depression Ø 20 -26% F 10 -13% M • 28 % lifetime prevalence Minor Depression • 20% Adjustment DO with Depressed Mood Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 5

Statistics • 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) Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 6

Suicide Epidemic 1. Heart disease: 595 2. Cancer: 574 (Lung 158, Blood 55, Colon 52, Breast 41) 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138 4. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129 5. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118 6. Alzheimer's disease: 83 7. Diabetes: 69 8. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50. 5 9. Influenza and Pneumonia: 50 10. Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 7

Jeremiah 29: 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the

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. ” Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 9

Romans 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. ” Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 10

Isaiah 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. Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 11

Spiritual Warfare Satan’s Goal • Your Soul! Battlefield • Your mind and brain Strategies

Science 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? Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 13

Science 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 14

God’s Great Creations Mind Free Will: Decision Making Science is a tool. So let’s

Your wish is my command!

SOLOMON 1 Kings 3: 5, 9 -11

The Most Important Spiritual Discipline: Decision-Making Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 18

Deuteronomy 30 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. 10 11 This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you to understand, and it is within your reach. Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 19

19 Today 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. Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 20

Proverbs 4: 23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the

2 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 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. Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 22

Karl’s Story Why did I become a psychiatrist? Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 23

S. P. E. C. T. Scans Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography A sophisticated nuclear medicine study that looks directly at cerebral blood flow and indirectly at the brain activity (or metabolism) Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 26

Normal 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 27

Normal Brain: Front Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 28

Normal Brain: Bottom Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 29

Normal Brain: Active Views Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 30

Motorcycle Accident Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 31

Alzheimers Disease Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 32

20 yr Heroin Addiction (39 y/o) Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 33

2 Yrs of Frequent Cocaine Use (24 y/o) Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 34

10 Yrs of Mostly Weekend Marijuana Use (28 y/o) Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network

17 Years of Heavy Weekend Alcohol Use (38 y/o) Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network

27 Yr Daily Heavy Cigarette & Coffee Use 45 y/o Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse

Depression Before Treatment After Treatment Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 38

Paranoid Schizophrenia: Before and After Medication/Therapy Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network After Treatment 39

PTSD, Depression, and Anxiety Before and After St. John’s Wort and EMDR Copyright 2012

Images of PMS Day 2 of Cycle (Worst Time) Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network

Hardware 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 43

How does the brain malfunction? Mind We need a system that addresses all three

Body, Mind, & Spirit • Body : mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions Mind: mental

Body, Mind, & Spirit Inner 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 46

Spirit, Mind, & Body Integration • Spirit: inner/outer; Owner/Designer • Mind: Operating System •

Goal = Mind of Christ Jesus’ Brain = Perfection! 1. Perceived everything from a

Brain. Works Research Skin GI / Cardiac Panic Disorder Study Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse

Heart of Transformation: Decision-Making • No biological Intervention • But Brain Chemistry Improved/Renewed Decision-making is exercise for brain • Good decisions = stronger brain • Bad decisions = injured brain Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 50

Integration is Key! What determines accurate Perception and Response? Decision-Making = Mind Spirit, Mind,

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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 52

Stimuli Perception Emotion Assessment SPEARS • • • All the elements Right sequence Requires

What word do you see? Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 55

Emotions Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 56

God has lots of 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 57

Stimuli Perception Emotion Assessment Response Summary Thought Emotion • Warning system • Not a decisionmaking system • Distort reality - Court - Doctors • Volume Buttons Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 58

Sadness or Depression Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network

Psych 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 62

Romans 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. Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 63

2 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 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 64 complete.

Summary • • 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 Copyright 2012 - Lighthouse Network 65

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