Category: community support
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every First Responder Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the third post in this series about Serious Mental Illness. In this post, I want to address Serious Mental Illness (SMI) in the context of first responders. For the first two posts on this subject, see those concerning Pastors and Mental Health Providers. For First Responders, the critical…
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Five Ways the Church Can Do More Than Pray for People Who Suffer from Mental Illness
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Today’s post was written by a friend I made through Hope Made Strong’s Church Mental Health group. Corine graciously exchanged posts with me to share on each other’s blogs. You can check out the post I wrote for her TherapyforChristians.com site here. I’m so thankful for her sharing this practical…
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Why Psych Treatment Should Be Community Based
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The Hospital Setting Psychiatric hospitals are notorious for lack of funding and quality treatment of the patients. I spent time at both a juvenile and adult ward, and they aren’t any fun, especially when you’re in the frame of mind you’re in. Just in the nature of their structure, putting…