Mental Illness and Faith Communities
The magnitude of mental illness in this country is staggering. According to the Surgeon General, one in every five Americans experiences a mental disorder in any given year and half of all Americans have such disorders at some time in their lives. These illnesses of the brain affect all of us, regardless of age, gender, economic status or ethnicity. Nearly every person sitting in the pews has been touched in some way by mental illness. And yet individuals and families continue to suffer in silence or stop coming to their faith community because they are not receiving the support they so desperately need. They become detached from their faith community and their spirituality, which is an important source of healing, wholeness and hope in times of personal darkness. THERE IS HOPE!
May
is
Mental
Health
Month |
- Mental
Illness
and
Families
of
Faith:
Creating
Caring
Congregations
(brochure)
(English: PDF | Spanish: PDF)
-
 Creating
Caring
Congregations
(DVD |
VHS)
- May
is
Mental
Health
Month (bulletin
insert)
(English: PDF |
Spanish: PDF )
- Mental
Illness
in
Children
&
Adolescents
(bulletin
insert)
(English: PDF
|
Spanish: PDF)
- Guidelines
for
Organizing
a
Successful
Conference
(English:
PDF/
HTML |
Spanish: PDF)
|
|
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