HELPING INDIVDIUALS COPE: MENTAL ILLNESS

RESOURCES

TITLE	SOURCE	AUTHOR
Website: http://www.mentalhealthlibrary.info Phone:1-800-723-1760	Mental Health Resource Foundation	Mental Health Resource Foundation
And I Will Make Thee Whole: Helping Families with Mental Health Concerns	Local Bookstore	Mental Health Resource Foundation
Valley of Sorrow	Deseret Book, 2003	Alexander B. Morrison
Keeping Mentally Well	Ensign, September 1990	Jan Pinborough
Easing the Burdens of Mental Illness	Ensign, October 2001	Dawn and Jay Fox
Why is My Wife or Husband Depressed?	Ensign, March 1990	David G. Weight
Mental Illness: In Search of Understanding and Hope	Ensign, March 1989	Jan Pinborough
Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?	InterVarsity Press, Illinois, 1994	Dwight L. Carlson, M.D.
Coping with Mental Illness in the Family: A Family Guide	Local Bookstore	Agnes B. Hatfield

INDICATORS OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Evaluate the possibilities of a mental illness by watching for the following:

	Prior history of mental illness
	Self harm acts, like cutting one's self
	talk of suicide or suicide attempts
	Prolonged or severe depression
	Tension-caused physical problems
	Undue continuing anxiety and worry
	Withdrawal from society
	Alcohol and drug abuse
	Confused or disordered thinking
	Hallucinations or delusions
	Unjustified fears
	Obsessions or compulsions
	Inappropriate emotions
	Substantial, rapid weight gain or loss

	Too much or too little sleep
	Excessive self-centeredness
	Loss of touch with reality
	Persistent negative self-image and outlook
	Inability to maintain good interpersonal relationships
	Bizarre religious beliefs and behaviors
	Excessive feelings of remorse and guilt
	Extreme high and low feelings/moods
	Inability to feel love
	Strong feelings of anger
	Inability to take care of one's personal needs
	Inability to manage responsibilities or solve problems at school, at church, at work, or at home

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

LDS Family Services
Phone:	1.800.453.3860 (LDS Headquarters) ask for LDS Family Services
Website:	http://www.providentliving.org/ses/emotionalhealth/contact/1,12169,2128-1,00.html
LDS Counselors.net Sponsored by Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP)
Phone:	1.801.583.6277
Email:	mail@amcap.net
Website:	http://www.ldscounselors.net
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Phone:	1.800.662.9832
Email:	info@samhsa.gov
Website:	http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases

COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUPS
General support and education group resources to help cope with mental illness.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Phone:	1.800.950.NAMI (6264)
Website:	http://www.nami.org
Recovery Inc.
Phone:	1.312.337.5661
Website:	http://www.recovery-inc.org
Emotions Anonymous
Phone:	1.651.647.9712
Website:	http://www.emotionsanonymous.org

GOVERNMENT BENEFITS

Search for Eligibility Requirements for Government Benefits
Phone:	1.800.333.4636
Website:	http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits/index.jhtml
Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
Phone:	1.800.MEDICARE
Website:	http://www.medicare.gov