Mental Health Resources

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

As Grace Point's Mental Health Ministry, our missions is to provide a safe and caring environment where those impacted by mental health struggles can find biblical hope, support, and encouragement in their journey to becoming fully committed followers of Jesus Christ. Learn more about our Mental Health Ministry here.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you're not alone. Below, you'll find a list of trusted resources to provide support, guidance, and hope.

Grace Point Mental Health Events

• Interview with Dr. Karl Benzio - September 3, 2023
• Mental Health Sunday Part 1 with Dave Eckert - November 17, 2024
• Mental Health Panel - November 17, 2024
• Mental Health Sunday Part 2 - Sermon with Testimony by Vicki Chandler - November 24, 2024

Helpful Tools

• Mental Health Needs: Determining Actions (PDF)
• Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• Biblical Mental Health Card (PDF)
• National Institute of Health’s Emotional Wellness Checklist
• SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN’s online article: Psychiatry Needs to Get Right with God
  (research demonstrating that a belief in God is associated with significantly better treatment outcomes for acute psychiatric patients)
• What if I don't have Health Insurance Resource (PDF)
• Helping Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment (PDF)
• Readiness Precedes Resources (PDF)

Christian Mental Health Organizations and Christian Resources

• Mental Health Grace Alliance
• Intersect
• Grand Canyon University’s Weekly Devotional: Christians and Mental Health and Illness

Secular MH Organizations

• Bucks County Human Services Resource Card 
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s SAMHSA’s National Helpline
• CDC’s Children’s Mental Health’s About Children's Mental Health

Resources for Families

• Healthy Minds Philly’s Family Resources
• (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI’s Family Members and Caregivers
• (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NAMI’s Family Support Group
• Ottawa Public Health’s Mental Health Caregiver Guide
• Mental Health First Aid’s 7 Ways to Support Your Partner’s Mental Health (When You’re Not a Therapist)

Christian Resources

• Advice for Parents Raising Child With Mental Illness from Rick and Kay Warren
• Grace Alliance’s 5-day devotional for supporting your loved one’s mental health journey: “Understanding How to Trust God with Our Loved One’s Mental Health Challenges”
• Focus on the Family’s FREE 8-part video series Mentally Healthy Home titled “Keep your kids mentally strong.” By Dr. Danny Huerta
• Children's Hospital Colorado’s article: Supporting the Family of a Child with Mental Health Challenges
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s article: Self-Care for Parents of Children with Mental Health Needs
• The Child Mind Institute’s online article: Preventing Parent Burnout: Meeting the emotional challenges of caring for children with mental health issues

Specific Areas of Mental Health

• Anxiety
  • Focus on the Family’s Anxiety Disorders: A Brief Overview by Donald Graber, M.D.
  • The Mind and Soul Foundation’s article “Is Anxiety a Sin?” Mill Creek Christian Counseling’s Online Article: Teaching Your Children How to Manage Anxiety Tammette Chitwood, MS, LMHCA
  • Christian Books About Anxiety (document)
  • Verses for Those Experiencing Anxiety (document)
    
    For Parents: 
  • Broken Children Sovereign God, Rejoicing in God’s Goodness Amidst Childhood Mental Health Struggles by Leslie Schmucker
    
    For Children and Youth:
  • Anxious for Nothing (Young Readers Edition): Living Above Anxiety and Loneliness 
    Lucado, Max

• • Your Brave Song: An inspirational Children's Picture Book That Shows How Faith in Jesus Can Help Kids Overcome Fear, Worry, & Anxiety 
    Voskamp, Ann

  • Anxious Abby and The Camp Trust Challenge: Bible Truths for Kids Who Worry
    Cathers, Alyssa 

  • The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Ep idemic of Mental 
    Jonathan Haidt

• Depression
  • Focus on the Family’s Depression: A Brief Overview by Donald Graber, M.D.
  • Joni Eareckson Tada Shares Her Thoughts About Depression (YouTube Video)
• Suicide Intervention & Loneliness
  • National Institute of Mental Health’s Warning Signs of Suicide
  • National Institute of Mental Health’s graphic Warning Signs of Suicide
  • Mental Health First Aid’s Suicide Articles
  • Wisconsin Department of Health Services’s Suicide Prevention
  • Crisis Text Line: How to Overcome Loneliness
  • McLean Hospital’s 4 Steps To Walk Away From Loneliness
• Bipolar Disorder
  • Focus on the Family’s Bipolar Disorder: A Brief Overview by Donald Graber, M.D.
• Schizophrenia
  • Focus on Family’s Schizophrenia: A Brief Overview by Donald Graber, M.D.
  • Hope for Schizophrenia
• Eating Disorder
  • Rock Recovery’s online article titled “The Power of Faith in Eating Disorder Recovery” by Erin L. Todd
• Adults with Developmental Disabilities
  • Mental Health First Aid’s “Using ALGEE to Support Adults with Developmental Disabilities”
• Addictions & Substance Abuse
  • Focus on the Family’s Resources: Substance Abuse & Addiction (Focus on the Family’s extensive list of broadcasts, best-in-class books, referral recommendations, and more)
  • Focus on the Family's Article: The Vicious Truth About Drug Addiction & Alcoholism
  • New Life Ministries: Recommended Book List
• Self-Injury/Cutting
  • The Mayo Clinic (symptoms & causes, diagnosis & treatment)