Resources to bring a better understanding of mental illness and those affected by it. To learn about each resource and purchase information (items can be purchased through PayPal without being a PayPal member), click on the title listed below:
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Entire Mental Health VHS Set
All ten tapes #100-109
are available for only $159.99! This includes Creating Caring Congregations (29:15 minutes); Understanding Depression (17:42 minutes); Teenage Depression and Suicide (15:44 minutes); Overcoming Stigma, Finding Hope (14:26 minutes); Gifts of the Shadow (17:15 minutes); Addiction and Depression (17:45 minutes); Eating Disorders: Wasting Away (14:07 minutes); Anxiety: Overcoming the Fear (20:40 minutes); Alzheimer's: Care and Support (17:28 minutes); and Mental Illness and Families of Faith (22:10 minutes). (click here for more information)
** There is a choice to receive the "Creating Caring Congregations" resource in DVD or VHS format at no extra charge. Designate which one you want by adding a note to the PayPal invoice, or contact Susan directly.
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#100 - Creating Caring Congregations (Closed-captioned)
The sharing of personal stories and experiences provides a way to give voice to those who have suffered in silence, and allows churches to begin the process of reaching out and providing compassionate care to those affected by disorders of the brain. A Discussion Guide is included that provides a brief overview of each segment and some questions to help generate discussion among group members. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 29:15 minutes
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#101 - Understanding Depression
The video's true stories about the hope of recovery counter stigma-induced shame, myth and misinformation that keep up to one-half of depressed people from seeking treatment. It also highlights the role people of faith can play in ministering to the needs of depressed people. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 17:42 minutes
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#102 - Teenage Depression and Suicide
Families and professionals review symptoms and recommend appropriate actions to take when it is suspected that a child or adolescent is at risk. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 15:44 minutes
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#103 - Overcoming Stigma, Finding Hope
Mental health professionals discuss stigma, its affects and moving beyond stigma to hope. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 14:26 minutes
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#104 - Gifts of the Shadow
Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder discusses six gifts of the shadow she discovered in her journey with depression and reveals how they became opportunities for growth and transformation. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 17:15 minutes
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#105 - Addiction and Depression
Three persons share their stories of addiction and depression that end in recovery and hope. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 17:45 minutes
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#106 - Eating Disorders: Wasting Away
Doctors explain the cycle of obsessively exercising, eating, binging and purging, and how this affects relationships with family and friends. A mother's struggle to save her anorexic daughter highlights the human tragedy of eating disorders. Relationship dynamics are explored as a mother and daughter share their thoughts, fears and hopes. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 14:07 minutes
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#107 - Anxiety: Overcoming the Fear
For some 23 million Americans, anxiety is more than a simple case of the nerves. Instead, it manifests in severe panic attacks that lead to fearful avoidance of certain places or situations. These fears can be as crippling as any serious physical illness. Help and hope are available. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 20:40 minutes
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#108 - Alzheimer's: Care and Support
Partners of Alzheimer’s sufferers tell their stories. A woman who’s taking the lead in setting up Alzheimer’s day-care centers across the nation. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 17:28 minutes
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#109 - Mental Illness and Families of Faith
Mental Illness strikes one in four families. When a family member has a mental illness, the whole family is affected. One's faith can be a source of comfort and hope. Communities of faith respond to the needs of two families impacted by mental health. (click here for more information)
Length of Resource - 22:10 minutes
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