Today a teenager is wondering how they will make it through the day. They wake up feeling overwhelmed. They wake up thinking “I just can’t do this anymore.” According to the American Psychological Association, suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages 15 to 24. How will the Church hold the light of […]
This, Too, Is Mental Health Advocacy
By some accounts, the three largest mental health institutions in the United States are prisons. We can change this. And this, too, is mental health advocacy. Somewhere between one third to one half of all people who are killed by police in the United States have a mental illness and/or other form of disability. We […]