What is it about?
Explores what churches and other religious congregations can do to meet the mental health needs of their communities.
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Why is it important?
1 in 5 Americans annually experiences a mental health condition yet less than one-third of these persons receives appropriate care, often because of stigma associated with these conditions and their treatments--stigma that is present in the church and inhibits the church from speaking and responding to the reality of mental health conditions.
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This page is a summary of: Faith and mental health: Creating a culture of encounter and friendship, Review & Expositor, May 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0034637316639006.
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