Health Promotion Sunday: Resources

Organizations/Websites

National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org), a national, grass roots organization committed to education, advocacy, support, and treatment of persons and families coping with mental illness

Information Resources and Inquiries Branch
(866) 615-6464 (for publications/toll free)

Anxiety Disorders Association of America (www.adaa.org)
ADAA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the prevention, treatment and cure of anxiety disorders and to improve the lives of all people who suffer from them.

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association (703) 610-9026 or (888) 288-1104
DRADA offers support groups within the Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware or southeastern Pennsylvania areas. To locate a support group in these areas, call (410) 583-2919.

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (203) 401-2070; (www.ocfoundation.org)
OCF is an international not-for-profit organization composed of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders, their families, friends, professionals and other concerned individuals.

ParentsMedGuide (www.parentsmedguide.org)
The American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry have prepared ParentsMedGuide to help patients, families, and physicians make informed decisions about obtaining and administering the most appropriate care for a child with depression.

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (www.samhsa.gov)
For help with substance abuse – substance abuse treatment facility locator
For help with mental health problem – Mental Health services locator
Provides state-by-state resources for locating mental health and substance abuse treatment centers near your home community – a very good web site for locating programs (private and public sector), funding sources, modalities of treatment.

Church of the Brethren Pastors
Call Brethren Benefit Trust at (800) 746-1505
Members in the Brethren Medical Plan Ministers Group have access to the Clergy Consultation Service for times when pastoral staff need a confidential and accredited place to turn to deal with professional or personal issues. This confidential service, staffed by licensed pastoral psychotherapists, is available day or night to Plan members at no additional fee.

Pathways to Promise (www.pathways2promise.org)
5400 Arsenal St., St. Louis, MO 63139; pathways@mimh.edu, (314) 877-6489
An interfaith technical assistance and resource center which offers liturgical and educational materials, program models, and networking information to promote a caring ministry with people with mental illness and their families. These resources are used by people at all levels of faith group structures from local congregations to regional and national staff. An excellent resource for churches.

Methodist Mental Health Ministries
(www.mentalhealthministries.net/resources) This faith-based website exists to educate clergy and lay persons about the stigma of mental illness and provide supportive resources.

Presbyterian Church USA
(www.pcusa.org/health/usa/news/mentalillness.pdf) A 2004 resource used by the Presbyterian church for the promotion of mental health awareness in local congregations, and a link to their national web site.

United Church of Christ
(www.min-ucc.org/resources) A United Church of Christ website with resources about mental health and faith issues.

Survivors support groups, prevention, intervention and education
American Association of Suicidology (www.suicidology.org)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (www.afsp.org)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org)
Suicide Prevention Services (www.spsfv.org)
Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education (www.save.org)
Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA, INC) (www.spanusa.org)
1-800-SUICIDE 24 hour hotline, (800) 784-2433 National Hopeline Network 24/7

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Substance Abuse/Alcohol/Addiction

National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug Information (www.health.org), contains specific information about a variety of illegal and street drugs and drugs of abuse. Has an extensive library of resources, educational materials, and current research, trends and patterns of alcohol and drug use.

National Coalition for the Homeless (www.nationalhomeless.org) with the mission of ending homelessness, works collaboratively with faith communities.

National Alliance to End Homelessness (www.endhomelessness.org) a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness.

Interagency Council on Homelessness (www.ich.gov) a U.S. government, interagency collaboration with the goal of decreasing homelessness and providing state and local information and resources for addressing homelessness.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (www.ncadv.org) seeks to end violence in the lives of women and children, and to address matters of discrimination, abuse and misuse of power, control and violence against women and children

National Domestic Violence Hotline (www.ndvh.org) is a 24-hour a day, 365 days per year hotline that provides support and referral to address victims and survivors of domestic violence

National listing of resources for survivors of rape, abuse, incest, with national referrals for counseling, advocacy, and assistance (www.rainn.org)

Faith Trust Institute (www.faithtrustinstitute.org) Interfaith agency addressing sexual abuse, domestic violence and clergy misconduct, and providing resources for education, advocacy, awareness, and bulletin insert for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.

Amador, Xavier and Ann-Lica Johanson. I am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help! Vida Press, 2000.

Beard, Jean & Peggy Gillespie. Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family. NY: New Press, 2002.

Brown, E. My Parent’s Keeper: Adult Children of the Emotionally Disturbed. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1989.

Carter, Rosalynn. Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends and Caregivers. NY: Random House, 1998.

Castle, Lana. Bipolar Disorder Demystified: Mastering the Tightrope of Manic Depression. NY: Marlowe & Co., 2003.

Duke, P. and G. Hochman. A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness. NY: Bantam, 1993.

Fawcett, J., B. Golden, R. Rosenfield and F. Goodwin. New Hope for People with Bipolar Disorder. Three Rivers Press, 2000.

Haugk, Kenneth. Christian Caregiving, A Way of Life. Augsburg: Minneapolis, 1984.

Koplewicz, Harold. It’s Nobody’s Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents. NY: Crown.

Koplewicz, Harold. More than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression. NY: The Putnam Publishing Group, 2002.

Mason, Paul and Randi Kreger. Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder. CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1998.

Papolos, Demitri and Janice Papolos. The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood’s Most Misunderstood Disorder. Louisville, KY: Broadway Press, 2002.

Poussaint, Alvin and Amy Alexander. Lay My Burden Down: Unraveling Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis Among African-Americans. NY: Beacon Press, 2000.

Secunda, Victoria. When Madness Comes Home: Help and Hope for the Children, Siblings and Partners of the Mentally Ill. NY: Hyperion, 1997.

Singer, Cindy and Sheryl Gurrentz. If Your Child Is Bipolar: The Parent-to-Parent Guide to Living with and Loving a Bipolar Child. Perspective Publishing, 2003.

Torrey, E. Fuller. Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers (4th Edition). NY: HarperCollins, 2001.

Woolis, Rebecca. When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Family, Friends and Caregivers. NY: Putnam, Jeremy Tarcher Book, 1992.

Andrews, Beth. Why Are You So Sad?: A Child’s Book About Parental Depression. Pasadena, CA: Magination Press, 2002.

Campbell, Beebee Moore. Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 2003

“Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide”
Mennonite Media, www.mennomedia.org, DVD $24.95, Video $19.95
This 2005 documentary focuses on stories from people who have experienced suicide in their families or among their loved ones, and how they have found hope amid terrible pain. This documentary seeks to facilitate more open conversation in the church and society about the once-taboo topic of suicide, and thereby help survivors move toward healing.

“Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness”
Mennonite Media, www.mennomedia.org, DVD $24.95, Video $19.95
A new documentary that provides an intimate look at what it is like to live with a mental illness and how individuals and their families find their way through a tangle of mental, medical, governmental, societal and spiritual issues.

“Mental Illness … Paint a Different Picture,”
Two-set videotape series
Panel of mental health professionals, educators and pastors, available on loan from ABC, 3.5 hours.

“Honest Talk About Serious Mental Illness: A Video for Youth and Leaders of Youth”
Office of Health Ministries, Presbyterian Church and Bridge Resources, Louisville, KY, 1998, 36:36.

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