Reaching Out to Congregations and Faith Communities Part IV Looking 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.NAMI.org www.mentalhealthamerica.net www.nimh.nih.gov – National Institute of Mental Health www.congregationalresrouces.org/mental-health-ministry-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 Annotated Printed, audio-visual, and web-based resources      

Mental Health Ministries For creating caring congregations: www.mentalhealthministries.net Education Commitment Welcome Support Advocacy

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. −First Lady Rosalynn Carter                                                                                                                                                                  

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