Handbook of Help for Mental Health Now Available Online through Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Mental Health Cluster led by area churches

by | Nov 10, 2020 | Home

Led by area churches, the Mental Health Cluster for the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood followed up the first week of October’s observance of National Mental Illness Awareness Week by announcing that A Handbook of Help for Mental Health is now available online at either of these links: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJgmwcLiH783qtVFEH6mgtJ2Dsav2Rer or bit.ly/3kIMM8U   Mental health-related background information also can be accessed at this link.   Created by the Mental Health Cluster for the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood in cooperation with the Partnership between National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Indiana and Center for Interfaith Cooperation, the Handbook provides Indianapolis area residents with online access to a comprehensive listing of information and resources on mental health.

This Handbook is designed to be a time-saver so that all people in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood and greater Indianapolis area need to do is go to one place for all kinds of help relating to mental health.   The Handbook project began a year ago when several Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Churches (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fairview Presbyterian Church, Unitarian Universalist Church, and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church) joined together to sponsor a mental health speaker series for the community.  Follow-up dialogue between the neighborhood churches identified the goal to produce this Handbook as a tangible resource that Butler-Tarkington neighborhood churches could share with their respective congregations and communities served.

The Mental Health Cluster of Butler-Tarkington area churches, formed in 2019, continued  to provide opportunities (online since March 2020) for congregational leadership teams to mutually support one another, share ideas, learn together about resources and plan common activities and projects around mental wellness.  Through the Mental Health Cluster, participants gain inspiration to follow-up on new ideas, trainings, and projects that are locally relevant and responsive, much like The Handbook of Help for Mental Health.

For more information about the Mental Health Cluster for the Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood, visit the Partnership between NAMI Indiana and Center for Interfaith Cooperation at:  https://www.centerforinterfaithcooperation.org/interfaith-coalition-for-mental-health-icmh