Matters Of Life & Death: Coronavirus: Mental health, anxiety and hope

2020-09-10T15:51:00+01:00

We’re back after a slightly longer than expected summer break with a new episode, all about our fears, anxieties and hopes amid the pandemic. People are afraid of the virus, and understandably so after months of the government stoking our anxiety to get us to stay at home while the media pumps grim death statistics into our screens on a daily basis. Is it healthy or wise to remain in this state of anxiety and fearfulness? How can we see God at work during times of mental health crisis and perpetual anxiety about death? And how can we foster an appropriate, grounded but Christlike hopefulness in its place?

For more resources to help you explore faith and the big questions, visit: http://www.premierunbelievable.com

If you want to go deeper into some of the topics we discuss, find more resources to read, listen to and watch at John’s website: http://www.johnwyatt.com

Subscribe to the Matters Of Life And Death podcast: https://pod.link/1509923173

Topics

Shows
Matters Of Life & Death: Genetics 2: Whole genome sequencing, Gattaca, de-identification versus anonymity, and Big Data Towers of Babel
2022-08-17T16:55:00Z
In this episode we pick up our conversation with clinical geneticist Melody Redman to talk about a new NHS programme in England which is piloting whole genome sequencing of newborn babies.
Shows
Unbelievable? My bipolar experience: Can Christianity offer a better approach to depression?
2022-08-12T17:00:00Z
Author and academic James Mumford recently wrote an article for The New Atlantis magazine about his experience undergoing therapy at a clinic for bipolar disorder and his concerns about its value neutral approach. He engages with psychologist Roger Bretherton, creator of The Character Course, on what role faith can play for those struggling with depression.
Shows
Matters Of Life & Death: Mental health 2: Emotional resilience, the bio-psycho-social model, the power of story and depression in the Psalms
2022-12-07T18:00:00Z
In the second half of our discussion with Christian psychiatrist Daniel Maughan, we work through some ways in which the church might play in role in supporting those struggling with their mental health back to fullness of life.

More Matters of Life and Death

Shows
Matters Of Life & Death: Mental health 1: Power dynamics, the psychiatrist as brick wall, casualties of social media and over-pathologising distress
2022-11-30T18:00:00Z
Since the covid pandemic there has been an alarming rise in people presenting with mental health problems.
Shows
Matters Of Life & Death: Dependence 2: The Panopticon at home, evangelising to retirees, existential angst in the House of Lords, and rejecting self-sufficiency
2022-11-23T18:00:00Z
In the second part of our conversation on ageing and dependence, we think about how secular society has tried to ameliorate the crisis of isolated older people with technological solutions.
Shows
Matters Of Life & Death: Dependence 1: Isolated elderly people, altruistic suicide, a second childhood, and a crucified hero
2022-11-16T18:00:00Z
We’ve discussed in previous episodes the looming ‘demographic timebomb’ – a growing mass of elderly and increasingly chronically ill people in many developed nations, expected to place huge strain on public resources.

Matters Of Life & Death: Coronavirus: Mental health, anxiety and hope

Topics

Related articles

Matters Of Life & Death: Genetics 2: Whole genome sequencing, Gattaca, de-identification versus anonymity, and Big Data Towers of Babel

Unbelievable? My bipolar experience: Can Christianity offer a better approach to depression?

Matters Of Life & Death: Mental health 2: Emotional resilience, the bio-psycho-social model, the power of story and depression in the Psalms

More Matters of Life and Death

Matters Of Life & Death: Mental health 1: Power dynamics, the psychiatrist as brick wall, casualties of social media and over-pathologising distress

Matters Of Life & Death: Dependence 2: The Panopticon at home, evangelising to retirees, existential angst in the House of Lords, and rejecting self-sufficiency

Matters Of Life & Death: Dependence 1: Isolated elderly people, altruistic suicide, a second childhood, and a crucified hero