Ruthven P, Ruthven J
Regent University School of Divinity, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464-9871, USA.
J Pastoral Care. 2001 Winter;55(4):425-32. doi: 10.1177/002234090105500410.
Offers a psychodiagnostic interpretation of King David's later Jerusalem reign which indicates criteria exceedingly those required for a Major Depressive Disorder as listed in the DSM-IV. Opines that whatever other political, polemical, or sociological constructs may be applied to these biblical passages, this interpretative axis supports a scientifically credible account of Yahweh's covenant faithfulness despite David's incapacitating depression.