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APSCC Resource Pack on Spiritual and Mental Health USEFUL RESOURCES
Church House Publishing (2000)
communities and mental health services in East London. Nigel Copsey, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (2001)
Mental Health Foundation (2000)
http://bipolarworld.net/pdf/spirituality_project.pdf
regeneration. This study explores the present and potential contribution of faith communities and their members to regeneration and their relationship to official neighbourhood renewal programmes. Available on http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/413.asp
Odyssey Groups Facilitator and Trainer Croylands Mental Health Centre 30 Cambridge Rd Ely Cambs CB7 4HL Odyssey Groups provide a forum for a small group of service users to meet on a regular basis to explore the spiritual questions of meaning, purpose and reality.
Available on: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/socialpublic/homeaffairs/mentalhealth/parishresource.pdf
distress. Mental Health Foundation (1999)
http://judaism.about.com/od/holocaust/a/darrensash.htm?terms=mental%20health%20effects
VIDEOS/CD-ROMSElectric Apple Provides a positive approach to managing mental health and distress, a useful compendium of information and a source of inspirational stories and first person accounts of different approaches to mental distress. People share strategies that have helped them manage their mental health problems, from art to nutrition, form faith to talking therapies and exercise. Mental Health Media / Moving Page Company 2002 CD Rom Price £49.95/ £39.95* Hard to believe This video explores models of good practice in terms of how mental health services can work better to meet people's spiritual needs and also how faith communities can develop a better understanding of mental health problems and thus support people in their community who may be experiencing such difficulties. Available from Mind in Croydon, 26 Pampisford Road, Purley, Surrey CR8 2NE Tel: 0208 668 2210 E admin@mindincroydon.org.uk (http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk/) Price £35 With a little help from my friends This video explores mental health issues through the experiences of users, carers and friends. The Bishop's House, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4DW Price £12.99 (Cheques made payable to The Ely Video Fund). FAITH ORGANISATIONSAcorn Christian Healing Trust Whitehall Chase High Street Borden GU35 0AP Tel: 01420 478 121 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) An affiliation of six Christian healing centres where support is available, and callers can be directed towards approximately twenty other healing centres nation-wide. The Trust's approach is to respect each person and their beliefs, to provide non-directive engagement and care and to make a commitment to listen first. Association of Christian Counsellors 173AWokingham Road Reading, Berkshire RG6 1LT Tel: 0118 966 2207 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) Email: office@acc-uk.org The ACC is an Interdenominational affiliation representing over one hundred Christian training and counselling organisations. The ACC can refer individuals on to local counsellors. The ACC acknowledges the different emphases within various Christian counselling traditions but expects members to share certain basic religious assumptions. In method the members are expected to express without prejudice the compassion, authority, sensitivity and appropriateness of Christian caring for others. Burrswood Groombridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9PY Tel 01892 863637 Website: http://www.burrswood.org.uk/ Burrswood is a fully registered hospital under the Care Standards Commission that uses Christian ministry alongside traditional medicine. Besides the hospital, Burrswood also contains a book shop, conference centre, guest house and a centre for Christian worship and healing. As a Christian hospital Burrswood aims to assist healing processes with counselling and prayer. However, their Christian orientation is not prohibitive to non-Christians, with Burrswood encouraging patients from any faith and none to use their services. Centre for Health and Pastoral Care Holy Rood House 10 Sowerby Road Thirsk YO7 1HX Tel: (01845) 522580/ Fax: (01845) 527300 Holyroodhouse@centrethirsk.fsnet.co.uk Short term therapeutic Residential and Day Centre, working with those who have experienced forms of loss, particularly in the areas of mental and physical health. The centre has an holistic approach and works with a team of counsellors, psychotherapists, art and drama therapists and body therapists. Centre for the Study of Theology and Health Thorpe House 12 Sowerby Road Thirsk YO7 1HX Tel: (01845) 522004 Thorpe.house@zoom.co.uk The centre exists to explore the interconnectedness between theology, health, psychology and the arts. It arranges research days and courses in the areas of theology and health and has a particular interest in the areas of mental health and seeks to promote research and understanding. Doncaster and South Humber NHS Mental Health Trust and the Pakistan Muslim Centre, building a gateway to access mental health services Pakistan Muslim Centre Fulwood House Old Fulwood Rd Sheffield S10 3TH Tel 0114 2711100 or 2630300 The Pakistan Muslim Centre (PMC) exists as a charitable organisation with an aim to provide opportunities and services to the Pakistani community of Sheffield and the surrounding area. PMC, recognising a need to gain wider engagement with a variety of services, decided to provide a "gateway" that builds capacity for their community's welfare through practical support, advice, information and promotion in health, training and welfare, and the building of social and culture partnerships with other agencies. Guru Ram Das Project, a Sikh perspective of helping those with mental health problems GRDP Project Manager 13 Glen Thorne Rd London N11 3HU Tel 020 8361 2488 The Guru Ram Das project, drawing upon Sikh religious teachings, was created in 2003 to support and build on the charitable and community based activities that were developing at the Kriya Centre in Archway, north London. The project has a group of teachers and practitioners that work with a wide variety of people, including those with mental health problems and young people with severe emotional problems that have led them into social isolation and alienation. Mental health activities include: yoga, meditation, complimentary healthcare, inter-faith work and education programmes. London Buddhist Centre, addressing depression through meditation 51, Roman Rd Bethnal Green London E2 OHU Tel 0845 458 4716 The London Buddhist Centre (LBC) is one of the largest urban Buddhist centres in the western world and is run by the Friend of the Western Buddhist Order. It opened in 1978, in a building that was once a Victorian fire station, and is located in the East End of London. It forms the centre of a self-defined "Buddhist village" comprised of a number of residential communities and several "right livelihood businesses" Loving Someone in Psychosis - Help us, help our Loved Ones Loving Someone in Psychosis - Help us, help our Loved Ones 7 Moon St London N1 0QU Loving Someone in Psychosis is an organisation that provides support to the family and friends of people who have suffered from psychosis. This help and support is allied to aiding the recovery of a loved one with psychosis. Although the benefits of talking therapies and support for the family are recognised by the National Institute fore Clinical Excellence (NICE), particularly in preventing relapses, the approach has yet to be incorporated into general service provision. Loving Someone in Psychosis aims to fill the gap by establishing self-help networks. Its founder is Janet Love whose son had psychosis whilst she was training to be a transpersonal psychotherapist Mind and Soul Is a non-denominational organisation exploring Christianity and Mental Health. Mind and Soul have a web page relating specifically to spirituality in the NHS with related document. http://www.mindandsoul.info/ Person Centred Churches East Kent NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust St Martins Hospital Littlebourne Rd Canterbury CT1 1TD Tel 01227 812047 Person Centred Churches is an initiative by the chaplain, Peter Richmond, at East Kent NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust. The initiative aims to make churches more person-centred so that anyone with a disability, including mental health, can include themselves in that community. St Luke's Centre Danesfield Manchester M16 8BT E-mail: mailto:gerardfbyrne@aol.com The vision for their work is "supporting the spiritual, psychological and physical needs of candidates, priests and men and women religious serving the Church in the modern world." There mission is "to promote the health and holiness of men and women in ministry." St Luke's is a "resource to individuals, diocesan officials, bishops, vocation directors, seminary staff, religious congregations and leadership teams. In collaboration, they address the realistic challenges of ministry and personal development in a supportive professional manner." The Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill (JAMI) - helping fellow Jews overcome mental health problems JAMI 16a North End Rd London NW11 7PH Tel 020 8458 2223 The Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill (JAMI) is a Jewish charity concerned exclusively with Britain's Jewish population and their experiences of serious mental health problems and the effects this has on the lives of sufferers, their families and all who care for them. JAMI is committed to providing help of a high quality, embodying the culture and values of Jewish society to sufferers their carers and families wherever they can. JAMI positively helps Jewish people with mental health problems, through their social work and with a team of befriending volunteers. The Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health c/o St. Marylebone Church Marylebone Road London NW1 5LT Tel: 01483 538936 APCMH is a national ecumenical charity of Christian foundation primarily concerned with the spiritual needs of people with mental health problems. It works closely with churches, religious groups and others in providing training, support and other services and to encourage local initiatives in faith communities in order to support and empower mental health service users. The Bishop John Robinson Fellowship Chaplaincy Department The Maudsley Hospital Denmark Hill London SE5 8AZ Tel: 020 7919 2815 The Fellowship aims to ensure that maximum religious support is available to people with mental health needs and their families and carers. It provides training to mental health professionals in greater acceptance and sensitivity towards the spiritual needs of people with mental health problems, and works to advance the understanding of the spiritual in the larger experience of mental disturbance. It produces an informative newsletter including current activities and publications around spirituality and mental health. |
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