1. Reaching Out to Congregations and Faith Communities
Part IV
Looking Ahead and Following Up

2. Local Interfaith Advisory Groups and Collaborative Networks

3. Different Views

4. PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS OF MENTAL ILLNESS

5. 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

6. SOCIETAL ATTITUDES & STIGMA

7. Hang in there!

8. Multiple Outreach Approaches

9. Follow Up with On-line Resources
– National Institute of Mental Health

10. Access On-line Resources www.nami.org/namifaithnet

11. Congregational Resource Guide
ministry-resources
Over 100 Annotated
Printed, audio-visual, and web-based resources      

12. Mental Health Ministries
For creating caring congregations:
Education
Commitment
Welcome
Support
Advocacy

13. PATHWAYS TO PROMISE www.pathways2promise.org
A Mental Health Handbook; A Toolkit for Congregations

14. Creating Caring Congregations Across America

15. Envisioning the Future

16. 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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