These are all links to external sites
Inspirational Outreaches and Mental Health Ministry Resources (USA)
Mental Health: A Guide for Faith Leaders. This is a joint project between the American Psychiatric Association and a team of faith leaders gathered by the American Association of People with Disabilities.
FULL TEXT AVAILABLE HERE and also HERE
Welcomed and Valued: Building Faith Communities of Support and Hope with People with Mental Illness and Their Families. This is a National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD) Council on Mental Illness resource. 2009
Mental Illness and Families of Faith: How Congregations Can Respond is a Mental Health Ministries resource. It is divided into four sections: Section One: Understanding Mental Illness, Section Two: The Unique Role of Faith Communities, Section Three: Creating Caring Congregations, Section Four: Help for Faith Leaders.
Mental Health Ministry: A Toolkit for Congregations is produced by Pathways to Promise an interfaith cooperative of many faith groups.
This free, 43-page resource equips communities of faith to share the journey of healing & recovery with individuals & their families facing serious mental illness, addictions, & trauma.
Comfort My People: A Policy Statement on Serious Mental Illness by of the 218th General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2008. For decades Presbyterians, especially through the efforts of the Presbyterian Serious Mental Illness Network (PSMIN), have advocated for full acceptance and support of those with mental health problems.
Let’s Talk! Breaking the Silence around Mental Illness in Our Communities of Faith is a 4-part series for small groups. It is produced by Christian Reformed Church and Faith and Hope Ministries.
LEADERS GUIDE HERE
Mental Illness and Families of Faith: Creating Caring Congregations.
A Five-Step Program produced by Mental Health Ministries
These five steps include education, covenant or commitment, welcome, support and advocacy. These steps are not linear. Rather the process of becoming a caring congregation is dynamic and unique to each community.
Congregations and mental illnesses. 10 Things Faith Community Leaders Can Do to Make the World a Better Place for People with Mental Illnesses
This is an ADN Resource Info Sheet (formerly ADNotes) from Anabaptist Disabilities Network [This article is Reprinted from Interfaith Network for Mental Illness (INMI)]
The Caring Congregation Program is a congregational program of 7 workshops focused on welcoming and supporting people with mental disorders and their families into of the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). These resources were produced by the Mission Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Free electronic copies are available HERE
Starting a Spiritual Support Group for Mental Health and Wellness In Your Faith Community - A resource from the Interfaith Network on Mental Illness (INMI)
Checklist for Faith Communities: Becoming a Welcoming, Inclusive, Supportive, and Engaged (WISE) Congregation for Mental Health developed jointly by the Interfaith Network on Mental Illness and the UCC Mental Health Network.This checklist is designed to be a mirror showing you where your congregation is today and a window to see where you might go in the future.
Becoming a WISE Congregation for Mental Health is produced by The United Church of Christ Mental Health Network
Mental Illness And Faith Community Support For Recovery - Communities of Compassion and Justice by Deacon Tom and Rita Lambert. This is a booklet describing the issues facing persons with mental illness and their families and providing ideas for churches to minister to them. From: Mental Illness Ministries
The Caring Clergy Project was launched to give clergy and faith communities leaders the background and tools you need to assist congregants — and their families and friends — appropriately.
The intention is not for you to make a diagnosis, but to help you recognize when a congregant needs help from a mental health professional. This is a resource from the Interfaith Network on Mental Illness (INMI)
Congregational Resource Guide: Mental Health Ministry Resources, an Annotated Bibliography by Carole J. Wills.
Carole Wills is a writer, speaker, and long time mental health advocate. She is the founder of WellSpring Mental Health Ministries and the editor of Wellspring Mental Health Ministry E-Newsletter. She is a member of the Indy chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She works with NAMI FaithNet, which is the faith-based branch of the organization that advocates on behalf of mental illness and connects people with life-changing resources and professional help.
The Role of Faith Communities in Suicide Prevention: A Guidebook for Faith Leaders
by Timothy Doty, Psy.D. and Sall Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D., MNM This book is a product of a publication of the Carson J Spencer Foundation with support from Regis University and Jefferson Unitarian Church. Dr. Doty as he has been a life-long member of faith communities and recognizes the gap in information between his clinical studies and the pursuit of mental wellness in the faith communities.
Mental Health Resource for Congregations is produced by Anabaptist Disabilities Network
It is available HERE.
“Mental Health Toolkit for Congregations” by The Lutheran Foundation
The Lutheran Foundation invests in Lutheran and community organizations in northeast Indiana to advance Gospel sharing and promote mental wellness that silences the stigma of mental illness.