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The author suggests that women in our society are more vulnerable to depression than ever before. A brief review of four psychoanalytical approaches to treatment and the religious care of the depressed woman are presented. The Book of Ruth is used as a case study of a woman's reactive depression.
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Her special interest and concentration are in the field of women's mental health. She has recently completed an Associate in Ministtry Degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Mrs. Bailey provides supervision for graduate students from Southern Seminary as well as Kent School of Social Work and University of Louisville Medical School. She is actively interested in pastoral care.
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Bailey, L. Today's women and depression. J Relig Health 22, 30–38 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02276768
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