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Articles on Mental Health

The following articles contain information on the topic of Mental Health. We encourage you to contact one of our offices for additional assistance.

Mental health is closely interwoven with physical, emotional, and even spiritual health. Therefore it becomes all the more important to make choices that enhance and strengthen one's own mental well-being. The surest way to do this is to live an active life consistent with gospel principles.

There are those within our communities who struggle with mental disorders and mental illness. Those with such challenges often benefit from seeking counsel and help from spiritual advisors and licensed mental health professional.

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New or recommended articles:

"Easing the Burdens of Mental Illness"
According to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, one in five families in the United States has a member who suffers from a serious mental illness. We can offer comfort to those with mental illness and their families by extending love and support without judging.

Fox, Dawn and Jay
"Thinking Habits and Dispositions"
In a devotional address given at Brigham Young University, Brother Richard R. Sudweeks spoke on the relationship between our dispositions and thinking habits that characterize our minds. Brother Sudweeks gives five examples of thinking habits that are counterproductive, including lustful thinking, coveting, bearing a grudge, piling pity upon oneself, and ignoring the impact of thinking on the lives of others.

Sudweeks, Richard R.
"Psychology and Repentance"
In a devotional address given at Brigham Young University, Brother Allen E. Bergin spoke on the connection between repentance and psychology. In his talk he addresses three important factors which influence both repentance and its subsequent effect upon individual mental health. They include self-confrontation, self-control, and self-sacrifice.

Bergin, Allen E.

Additional articles:

"Do Not Despair" Benson, Ezra Taft
"Keeping Mentally Well" Pinborough, Jan Underwood
"Mental Illness: In Search of Understanding and Hope" Pinborough, Jan Underwood
"Questions & Answers - Should I see my bishop or a professional counselor?" Brown , Victor L.
"Self Mastery" Nelson, Russell M.
"Solving Emotional Problems in the Lord's Own Way" Packer, Boyd K.
"Nourshing the Spirit" Oaks, Dallin H.
"Keeping Life's Demands in Balance" Ballard, M. Russell