US clergy favour medical treatment for depression study finds
United States RNS About 21 million adults in the US have had at least one major depressive episode, the National Institute of Mental Health reports. A new study now finds that those who have gone to a priest or pastor for advice will most likely have been encouraged to seek out mental health professionals and take […]
“It felt like my insides were crying”: China COVID curbs hit youth mental health
FARAH MASTER and XIAOYU YIN, of Reuters, report on the impact of China’s ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns on young people…
Health Insight: Languishing – what to do if you’re feeling restless, apathetic or empty
JOLANTA BURKE, a senior lecturer at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, writes – in an article first published on The Conversation – about what to do if you’ve been “languishing”…
Sight-Seeing: Four steps clergy can take to avoid burnout
In an article first published by Religion News Service, RAE JEAN PROESHOLD-BELL, an associate professor at the Duke Global Health Institute and research director of Duke Divinity School’s Clergy Health Initiative, looks at four key strategies pastors can use to avoid burning out…
Papal visit: In Japan, Pope condemns nuclear weapons as immoral; earlier, addresses suicide and depression
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ reports from the papal tour of Japan…
Sight-Seeing: Relating to rejection
NILS VON KALM reflects on how Jesus and the example set by some of His followers sustains him during times of rejection…
“THE CONNECTED GENERATION”: FOR ANXIOUS YOUNG ADULTS, RELIGION CAN BE A WELLNESS TOOL, SAYS STUDY
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, explores the preliminary findings of a new global study of young people’s attitudes while Sight’s DAVID ADAMS speaks to World Vision Australia’s Jill Roche about some of the early results…
Harvest Pastor Greg Laurie urges compassion after Jarrid Wilson’s suicide
Riverside, California, US RNS Pastor Greg Laurie urged his grieving congregants at Harvest Christian Fellowship on Wednesday to have compassion for people dealing with mental health issues as the church copes with the news that one of its pastors died by suicide. “Sometimes we want to just say, ‘They’re just not spiritual or they don’t […]
Pastor, author and mental health advocate Jarrid Wilson dies by suicide
RNS Jarrid Wilson, a California church leader, author and mental health advocate, died by suicide Monday evening at age 30. Wilson, known as a passionate preacher, most recently was an associate pastor at megachurch Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California. A co-founder of the mental health non-profit Anthem of Hope, Wilson was open about his […]
Essay: Depression among church leaders – a problem for us all
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, says it’s time churches take seriously the potential for mental health issues among their leaders…