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Ministry
with Families
Living
Mental Illness
May
4-22, 2009
Facilitator: Rose Ann Briotte, M.Div.
12.0 contact hours
One
in five people in the United States have or will have mental
illness sometime in their lives. More than five million people
in the United States alone suffer from serious chronic mental
illness. Mental illnesses are disorders of the brain that cause
imbalances that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, moods,
and relationships.While
those with mental illness frequently find the treatment and
support they need, the impact of mental illness on the family
system is often overlooked. This
seminar provides participants the opportunity to explore the
effects that a mental illness has on other members of the family,
the family system, and close friends by reflecting on presented
material and several popular films in light of their own experience
and context. Through this process the group benefits by learning
from one another as well as from the presentations.
Films
that will be considered during this seminar include:
-
A Beautiful Mind
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Ordinary People
-
As Good As
It Gets
Learning Objectives:
After participating
in this seminar participants should be able to:
- Recognize the interrelationship
of medical, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of those
who suffer from mental illness and those who are close to
them.
- Recognize that
those with a mental illness and their families have a variety
of special needs that are not treatment-specific, including
needs relevant to the participant's field of practice.
- Help others within
their context recognize the impact that a mental illness
has on other family members and the family system.
- Identify ways
to facilitate communication between those with a mental illness,
their family members, close friends, therapists, and clergy
while also respecting the needs for patient confidentiality.
- Integrate personal
and community needs, emphasizing the interrelationship of
clinical and ethical dynamics.
Facilitator:
Rev. Rose Ann Briotte,
M.Div., M.A.R., M.S.S.W., is a United Methodist minister appointed
to Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee, as
a Psychiatric Chaplain for the last 12 years. She is a member
of the Memphis Annual Conference, and has served in parishes
in the Memphis Conference for 3 years. She also served as a Church
and Community Worker with the General Board of Global Ministries
for 7 years in the Kentucky and Memphis Annual Conferences.
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