Mental health resources

• Ministering brothers and sisters

• Relief Society leadership, Bishop

• Treatment

  1. 911

  2. Your physician

  3. SAMHSA’s National Helpline – 1-800-662-HELP (4357) – “a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.” Or go to findtreatment.samhsa.gov .

  4. St Louis Family Services Agency (12843 Pennridge Drive, Bridgeton, MO, 63044-1238, 314-344-0048)

  5. Addiction recovery program and A Guide to Recovery and Healing

  6. Greenberger D, Padesky CA: Mind Over Mood, 2nd ed., Guilford Press, 2015. At St. Louis County Library.

• Suicide prevention

  1. Dale G. Renlund, “Understanding Suicide” (video) and “Talking about Suicide” (video)

  2. Kenishi Shimokawa, “Understanding Suicide: Warning Signs and Prevention,” Ensign or Liahona, Oct. 2016, 35–39.

• Information

  • The gospel and mental illness

    • “Thru Cloud and Sunshine, Lord, Abide with Me!”, Reyna I. Aburto, Oct., 2019

    • “Myths about Mental Illness”, Alexander B. Morrison, Ensign Oct., 2005

    • “Healing the Sick”, Dallin H. Oaks, Apr., 2010

    • “Like a Broken Vessel”, Jeffrey R. Holland, Oct., 2013

    • Elder Rasband speaking about teen suicide, Feb., 2019

  • From NIMH (your tax dollars at work):

    • Links to information about lots of specific illnesses

    • Brochures and handouts

  • Misc.

    • Black KJ: “Letter to the editor: Suicide and Mormon culture” (May 11, 2006). https://works.bepress.com/kjb/27/

    • Slides from Oct. 27, 2019, RS meeting are available here. Send questions about them to me.