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A quarterly resource newsletter that provides resources to erase the stigma of mental illness in our faith communities and create caring congregations for persons living with mental health challenges and their families.

A short video with Dr. George Williams, that discusses 75 Years of Awareness

Praying the Psalms in Times of Depression

Este folleto tiene 10 consejos útiles sobre cómo vivir con un cónyuge con depresión.

A quarterly resource newsletter that provides resources to erase the stigma of mental illness in our faith communities and create caring congregations for persons living with mental health challenges and their families.

A Resource about the conversation on mental health

The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges

How Faith Communities Can Respond

This resource by Reverend Susan Gregg-Schroeder, covers her own depression as well as the horrific scenes she experienced in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Faith communities are a natural setting for suicide prevention. People who are religious tend to have greater moral objections to suicide. Also, spiritual beliefs and practices tend to help people feel greater hope and connectedness and find meaning in their lives. Therefore, as a faith community leader you have an important role to play.

As a member of the clergy, you have the vital yet daunting job of guid- ing people through many of life’s challenges—marital discord, job loss, illness, death, and more. This unique role offers an opportunity to help people at risk of suicide in ways that even family members or mental health professionals cannot. By listening to people and getting them the help they need, you can make a difference.

Few words can describe the relief I felt when, with the bang of a gavel, a juvenile court judge decided that my then 14- year-old daughter would attend a mental health boarding school instead of prison.

Start Your Recovery is an online resource to help people with substance use disorder and mental health challenges. Our goal is to offer people a single source of relatable, reliable information at any stage of their recovery journey as well as information for their family members and friends. It’s a single source of reputable, objective information about signs, symptoms, conditions, treatment options. The resource locator offers a full breadth of recovery treatment options locally across the US.

Cómo las comunidades religiosas pueden promover la curación

The language we use to talk about mental health is especially important. It can have powerful consequences. While some may intentionally use unkind labels to describe individuals with mental health conditions, most people are just unaware that their language choices are harmful.

In this video, we will talk about how to intervene with a suicidal person with CARE, steps to take when the individual needs help beyond what you alone can provide and some basic do’s and don’t’s. We will also offers tips on how to offer spiritual resources.

The Family & Youth Institute Community Action Guide. Research Issues. Educate Individuals. Empower Communities

A quarterly resource newsletter that provides resources to erase the stigma of mental illness in our faith communities and create caring congregations for persons living with mental health challenges and their families.

Veterans experience and heal from war uniquely, facing varied reintegration challenges. This guide offers wisdom and practical advice to help caregivers and faith communities support veterans, addressing their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.

How to heal from trauma and restore laughter, love, and faith

An article by Brad Hambrick, Pastor Counseling at The Summit Church that helps inform, assess, and give guidance regarding mental illness.

Este ha sido designado como el martes de la Semana de Concientización sobre las Enfermedades Mentales, que es la primera semana de octubre de cada año. Se insta a las redes de enfermedades mentales y a los líderes religiosos a trabajar juntos para que puedan reconocer y prepararse para este día de la manera que mejor funcione para cada comunidad religiosa.

This document will help guide your National Recovery Month event- planning process and provide tips and instructions for how to publicize events to maximize attendance.

A story of how the Word of God was instrumental in redeeming John’s life from the pit and crowning it with love and compassion.

This book was created to help anyone touched by bipolar disorder.