Mental Illness: Did You Know

… Mental illnesses are far more common than cancer, diabetes, heart disease or arthritis?  

"Mental illnesses are physical illnesses." -   David Satcher, M. D., United States Surgeon General

… More hospital beds are occupied by people with serious mental illnesses than with any other disease?  

… Mental illnesses are not the same as developmental disabilities?  

… Nearly 90% of all persons who die by suicide suffer from a treatable mental illness?  

Mental illnesses are disorders of the brain that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, moods and ability to relate to others.  These disorders are biological.  They are not caused poor parenting, bad companions or lack of willpower. -   Lutheran Network on Mental Illness/Brain Disorders

… The best treatments for serious mental illnesses today are highly effective?  

… Early identification and treatment is of vital importance?  

… 1 in every 4 families is affected by mental illness?

  … `140,000 Americans with brain disorders are homeless.  Another 160,000 are institutionalized in jails and prisons?  

Y'ALL COME !!  

Are you a Pursuer of Wellness aka Consumer aka diagnosed depressed, bipolar, schizophrenic, paranoid or any of the other names given to brain disorders?  

Are you a family member, a friend, someone doing your best to give informed support to someone who has been diagnosed with mental illness, who is living with the diagnosis, recovering?  

Then come!  

Y'all come and join us on the the second Monday of every month 7 pm at the Parish Center.  It's a safe place.  It's a welcoming place! It can even be a lot of fun!  

Y'all come!  Good, grade A speakers are coming every month to educate and entertain us and give us insights into the resources available to us all.   

Y'all come!  There are support groups already meeting on the second Monday of every month right after the speakers have given us their best!  

Y'all come!  There are excellent facilitator trainers coming to St. Joan on designated Saturdays to show us how to lead the best groups!  

Y'all come!  There'll be members going to Hamline for specialized training and the learning will be shared with the Ministry.

Y'all come.  The Mental Illness Ministry is nothing without YOU.

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