United Church of Christ Mental Health Network

Working to reduce stigma & promote the inclusion of people with mental health challenges and neurodiversity.

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Stigma

Katie and Zach were Beautiful

April 20, 2020 by LPP_Admin Leave a Comment

My friends, Ed and Jeff have lost a daughter and a son to suicide.  Ed’s daughter, Katie battled bi-polar disorder.  Jeff’s son Zach suffered with severe mental illness.  Katie was 29 when she died.  Zach was 43.  Like so many of our family members who suffer, most people don’t have a clue about the extent […]

Filed Under: Stigma, Suicide Tagged With: Bipolar, Suicide

A Letter to the Church About Mental Illness

September 30, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

Dear Church, Here are some ways you can open your doors wider and welcome people with mental illness. Some aren’t super hard. Some are. (But, I’m here to cheer you on). Give them a try? Tell me about it? 1. Preach about it: Include people with mental illness in sermon illustrations and stories. And, (please!) […]

Filed Under: Community, Stigma Tagged With: church, Clergy, Mental Health Network, Neurodiversity, Support, UCC, United Church of Christ

Finding Hope in the Aftermath…Again

August 5, 2019 by mhn-ucc Leave a Comment

“White supremacy is not a mental illness. This week alone, 34 people are dead, and 67 more are wounded because white men full of hatred shot up innocent people in public places. We live in a country where the government sanctions mass shootings by refusing to limit access to guns and blaming mental illness when […]

Filed Under: Love, Mental Health, Stigma, Trauma Tagged With: Body of Christ, brokenness, Grief, mass shootings, Mental Health Network, mental illness, Rachael Keefe, United Church of Christ

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