Mental Health
Mental health is a serious issue that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. For Catholics and people of faith, dealing with and getting treatment for a mental illness can be even more difficult. Learn more about what people of faith face when dealing with mental illness.
Articles
Why understanding despair must be a part of our health care system
Effective medical and public health interventions are necessary to solve diseases of despair.
The chaos and heartbreak of mental illness
The enemy is not so much public misunderstanding as indifference and helplessness, Ron Powers writes.
I thought Good Catholics didn’t need therapy. Then I went.
I was Catholic. You pray, you receive the sacraments, you imitate the saints. What more guidance do you need?
Parishes could do more to support people with depression and anxiety, say America readers
A significant obstacle for Catholics with depression and/or anxiety was the dangerous—and wrongful—interpretation of these conditions as spiritual failures.
California bishops: The mental health care system is broken
“People who suffer from severe and persistent mental illnesses are among the most misunderstood, ignored and unjustly stigmatized members of our society,” the bishops write.
