In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Dr. Charles Hodges about his book, The Christian Counselor's Medical Desk Reference. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What are some general guidelines a biblical counselor can use as they care for individuals who have been given a psychiatric diagnosis?

• Why is it important to think carefully about the dynamic between medicine and the doctrine of scriptural sufficiency?

• When is it appropriate for a biblical counselor consult their counselee's medical doctor?

• How can a biblical counselor care for someone who is labeled with obsessive compulsive disorder?

• Why do diagnoses of schizophrenia seem to be on the rise?

• How might a biblical counselor care for someone who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: ibcd.org/medical-desk-reference-charles-hodges

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