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Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder–working to erase the stigma of mental illness
(PDF Format)
The Brave Discussion
http://thebravediscussion.com/2011/08/rev-susan-gregg-schroeder–-working-to-erase-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/
In recent years much has been done to de stigmatise the language used around mental health and in Australia we have wonderful organisations like Beyond Blue, The Black Dog Institute and Sane to name just a few doing wonderful work...
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Bringing Mental Illness into the Light
(PDF Format)
By Aaron Cross - General Board of Higher Education & Ministry
http://www.gbhem.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lsKSL3POLvF&b=6471015&ct=9356999
The church as one thinks of it serves different purposes in the lives
of different people. For some, it is their opportunity each week to leave the outside world
behind and reconnect with God. For others, it is a social occasion or perhaps even simply
just an obligation. But what of those who absolutely need the church as a rock in their
lives, those who struggle daily against the workings of their own minds? Are they able
to see the church as not only a place to find spiritual wholeness, but mental wholeness
as well? The hope of the Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder of Mental Health Ministries in San
Diego, Calif., is that soon they will be able to do just that.
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Why Clergy and Spiritual Leaders May be Reluctant to Address
Mental Health Issues
(PDF Format)
By Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder
As an ordained minister and a person who lives with a mental illness, I am
often asked why it is so difficult for many spiritual leaders to talk openly
about mental illness.
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NAMI MIAW 2010 Idea Book
(PDF Format)
By NAMI
Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is NAMI’s premiere public education and community
outreach activity. Held each year during the first full week of October, NAMI affiliates
across the country sponsor events to promote mental illness awareness, put an end to stigma
and advocate for support for treatment and recovery. This year’s theme is “Changing
Attitudes, Changing Lives.” This book provides a wealth of information to help plan
events. It includes a section on faith outreach. This resource can be found at NAMI FaithNet
site and at www.nami.org/miaw. It is also available on the Mental Health Ministries website
(click here).
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What You Need to Know About Mental Illness
(PDF Format)
By One Mind Mental Illness Ministry
16 startling facts about mental illness.
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Curing and Healing
(PDF Format)
By One Mind Mental Illness Ministry
When our daughter was first diagnosed with a mental illness, we prayed and prayed that
God would take this terrible disease from her. We wanted it to be gone. She wanted it to
be gone. No one should be suffering so. Other people were cured of their diseases. They
took special medications or had surgery. They listened to everything the doctors told them
and they prayed for their disease to be gone….and for many of them it was. There was a cure. Couldn’t
there be a cure from our daughter’s mental illness too?
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NAMI Takes a Multi-faceted Look at Faith and Mental Illness at 2009 Convention
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Format)
By Karen Costa - first published by NAMI Advocate Fall 2009
What do a Reverend, a Rabbi and a Muslim imam have in common? It may sound like the beginning
of an old-time joke, but this time there is no punch line. The 2009 NAMI Annual Convention
in San Diego provided workshops on faith and mental illness hosted by the FaithNet Advisory
Council to share innovative ideas and projects underway in the grassroots communities.
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Invisible Struggles: Churches learning to help individuals with mental
illness (PDF
Format)
By Bill Fentum - first published by The United Methodist Portal
At one United Methodist Church in central Kentucky, members
always turned up with cards, visits and gifts of food whenever a
church family faced a crisis. But when someone in Angie
O’Malley’s family was diagnosed with a mental illness in the
1990s, that didn’t happen.
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Seeds of Hope (PDF Format)
In the fall of 1991, I found myself in a deep depression. I was in my third year as a pastor at a large urban church in San Diego. I was enjoying my career and the opportunity to serve others. But a series of unexpected events hit me like waves until I was overwhelmed by despair. Little did I know that my journey in the darkness would lead to the discovery of a deep and abiding hope.
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How Faith Communties Can Help Veterans and their Families Readjust
(PDF Format)
THE ROAD HOME from war can be more challenging than the road to war for both combatants and their families. While the reunion is wonderful, after the reunion there may be a difficult period of transition and readjustment. For those who serve in the military ("soldiers") and families with faith, their faith community can be a crucial partner in this process.
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Stigma Brought Home (PDF Format)
I recently went through the anxiety of waiting for the results of a biopsy for possible breast cancer. Gratefully, the biopsy turned out to be benign. But the ten days of waiting and wondering brought forth many feelings.
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1 in 4 Households in Your Church is Afraid to Tell You This Secret
By Carlene Hill Byron - first published by Vision New England's Ministries with the Disabled, Acton, Massachusetts
(Article Format/PDF | Brochure Format/PDF)
How many families in your church have a loved one who struggles with mental health problems? That's kind of a trick question. People don't talk about mental health problems.
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The Role of Faith Communities in the Midst of Disaster (PDF Format)
NAMI Advocate Fall 2005 Issue
Perhaps soon, faith communities will be recognized for their unique perspective that offers healing of the spirit, a way to hold together the fabric of a ravaged community, and hope for the future.
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The Face of Depression (PDF Format)
Part of my journey has been to understand my bleakest times as times of fertile darkness.
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In the Shadow of God's Wings (PDF Format)
Articles from Sacred Journey - excerpts from Susan's book.
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