reaching out to congregations and faith communities part iv looking ahead and following up
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Reaching Out to Congregations and Faith
Communities
Part IVLooking Ahead and Following Up
Local Interfaith Advisory Groups
and Collaborative Networks
Different Views
PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS
OF MENTAL ILLNESS
THEOLOGICAL VIEWS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS
• A result of – Sin or moral failure– Lack of faith – God’s judgment– Demon possession
• Psychiatrists are humanistic or atheistic
SOCIETAL ATTITUDES & STIGMA
Hang in there!
Multiple Outreach Approaches
Follow Up with On-line Resources
• www.mentalhealthamerica.net• www.nimh.nih.gov – National Institute of Mental Health • www.congregationalresrouces.org/mental-health-mi
nistry-resources
• www.Pathways2Promise.org• www.mentalhealthministries.net
Access On-line Resources
www.nami.org/namifaithnet
Congregational Resource Guide
www.Congregationalresources.org/mental-health-
ministry-resources
Over 100 AnnotatedPrinted, audio-visual, and web-based resources
Mental Health Ministries
For creating caring congregations:www.mentalhealthministries.net
EducationCommitmentWelcomeSupportAdvocacy
PATHWAYS TO PROMISE
www.pathways2promise.org
A Mental Health Handbook; A Toolkit for Congregations
Creating Caring Congregations Across America
Envisioning the Future
You Can Make a Difference
If we ignore … cries for help, we will be continuing to participate in the anguish from which those cries for help come.
A problem of this magnitude will not go away. Because it will not go away, and because of our spiritual commitments, we are compelled to take action. −Rosalynn Carter
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