Resources

Organizations

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (Nami)
  NAMI provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives
  
• The Stability Network
  The Stability Network inspires and encourages people experiencing mental health challenges to thrive
  
• Pathways to Promise
  Pathways to Promise founded in 1988, is an interfaith assistance and resource center that provides virtual and in-person support to faith, spiritual and non-spiritual communities.
  
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation and to improve the lives of individuals living with mental and substance use disorders, and their families.

Books

• Darkness is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness
  Kathryn Greene-McCreight offers the reader everything from poignant and raw glimpses into the mind of a mentally ill person to practical and forthright advice for their friends, family, and clergy.
  
• Touched With Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
  Jamison presents proof of the biological foundations of this disease and applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of some of the world’s greatest artists including Lord Byron, Vincent Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf.
  
• Madness: American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness
  In Madness, Heather H. Vacek traces the history of Protestant reactions to mental illness in America. She reveals how two distinct forces combined to thwart Christian care for the whole person.