看似輔導問題的醫療問題
張逸萍譯自: ”
Medical
Problems that Present as Counseling Issues” By: Charles
Hodges,
April 27, 2016
(https://www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/2016/04/27/medical-problems-that-present-as-counseling-issues/)
在聖經輔導中,我們可以做的最重要的事情之一,就是確實知道人們有醫療原因時,我們不會為他們提供情緒,行為和思維掙扎的輔導。正如我們建議的那樣,我們應該給出的第一個作業之一,是去看醫生,進行徹底的身體檢查和適當的醫學實驗室測試。
通過這樣做,我們希望排除造成有問題的思維,情緒和行為的身體原因。
奇怪的飲食習慣
“異食癖”(Pica)是一種醫學疾病,兒童和成人吃不尋常的東西,或吃的量不尋常。 孩子們會吃泥土。我見過成年患者吃冰,嘎吱作響地咬嚼,直到他們牙齒裂開。其他可以食用的非營養物質,包括鉛筆橡皮擦,繩子,指甲,粘液和小石頭。
荷爾蒙的挑戰
還有許多其他疾病,可能看來好像輔導問題。胰腺癌和甲狀腺功能減退症可表現為抑鬱症。甲狀腺功能亢進和心律異常,可表現為焦慮、恐懼和擔憂。某些形式的癡獃和庫欣病會產生令人不快的行為。
ADHD是醫學診斷的一個例子,但是在醫生的檢查室或輔導員的辦公室中可能無法找到解決方案。目前的研究表明,患有ADHD的人需要動來動去,才能學習。[i]
動過不停和注意力分散,代表了個體的差異,而不是疾病。
[ii]
因此,它更應該是一個教育問題,而不是醫療或輔導問題。
在上述所有例子中,醫生的建議對輔導過程非常有價值。在社區中找到醫生,並建立工作關係,將對你和你的輔導有益。我們誰都不想為孩子反抗父母權威而提供輔導,結果並不愉快,而孩子所需要的只是一點點
“鐵”。送你所輔導的人去看醫生,進行良好的檢查,將有助於防止這種情況發生。
作者
Charles is the Executive Director of Vision of Hope, which is a residential facility for women who struggle with eating disorders, self-harm, OCD, substance abuse, and other problems. He also practices medicine in Brownsburg, Indiana for Hendricks Regional Health. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Liberty University, and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary with degrees in medicine, counseling, and religion. He is board certified in Family Medicine and Geriatrics and is a licensed marital family therapist. Dr. Hodges teaches and counsels at the Faith Biblical Counseling Ministry and teaches on medical subjects in biblical counseling around the country and abroad. He and his wife, Helen, have been married 46 years and have 4 children and 13 grandchildren. In his free time, he enjoys golf and running.
[i]
University of Central Florida. “Kids with ADHD must squirm
to learn, study says.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 17 April
2015. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150417190003.htm>.
[ii]
Florida State University. “Squirm with purpose: Fidgeting
is helpful for ADHD patients, study shows.” ScienceDaily.
ScienceDaily, 22 February 2016.
<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160222111106.htm>