Support and InformationEach of the following national organization will send free educaiton information concerning specific illnesses up request. Their Websites provide an abundant resource of education information about specific illnesses also. Website Links UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - General Board of Church and Society Mental Health page: Web Page: http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=fsJNK0PKJrH&b=860861&ct=1130649 Mental Health Info Source Faithnet (A subsidiary of the NAMI-CA) Luthern Network on Mental Illness Mennonite Central Committee Mennonite Mutual Aid National Association of Catholic Chaplains Organization for Attempters and Survivors of Suicide in Interfaith Services (OASSIS) Pathways to Promise, a national interfaith network for faith communities to receive information and assistance to know how to be compassionate to those who have mental illness and to their families. The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Secular Resources National Institute of Mental Health National Alliance for the Mentally Ill The NAMI African American Faith Manual National Mental Health Association American Psychiatric Association American Psychological Association American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Anxiety Disorders Association of America Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance National Panic/Anxiety Disorder News, Inc. Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
The following faith community resources offer a wealth of information. FaithCep (of NAMI-Indianapolis) Episcopal Mental Illness Network Mental Health Ministries Web Site for California-Pacific Conference UMC Presbyterian Website "Honest Talk about Serious Mental Illness." American Association of Pastoral Counselors: Faith Ways NAMI-MN Anabaptist Disabilities Network: supporting families and equipping the church for inclusive communities. National Organization on Disability, Religion & Disability Program
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