Bridges to Care and Recovery: Addressing Behavioral Health and Mental Health Needs Through the Faith Community

Scribner, Susan; Poirier, R; Orson, Wendy; Jackson-Beavers, Rose; Rice, Booker T; Wilson, Karl E.; Hong, Barry A.

doi:10.1007/s10943-020-00992-y

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“…They added, however, that most clergies were willing to make referrals and act as "a bridge to mental health care" (Neighbors et al 1998). This idea has been echoed more recently by scholars, confirming the potential role of religion and clergies in contributing to mental health in their communities (Hodge 2020) and specifically applied to the idea that African American faith leaders can be key referral sources and can thus contribute to improved mental health in Black communities (Scribner et al 2020).…”

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Clergy Perceptions of Mental Illness and Confronting Stigma in Congregations

Campbell

2021

Religions

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Mental illness and stigma are key concerns in congregations and represent important threats to community health. Clergies are considered influential in how congregants think about and respond to mental health issues, especially in African American congregations. In-depth interviews with 32 African American and White clergies were conducted to understand their unique perspectives on mental health and how they interact with their congregations based on those perspectives. Findings include six themes related to mental health stigma, namely, holistic definitions of health; African Americans and different conceptions of mental health (only reported by African American clergies); code words and language; depression as a special case; perceptions of mental health counseling and treatment; and clergy strategies for addressing mental health stigma. The clergies in this study recognized their influence on ideas related to mental health in their congregations, and most expressed active efforts toward discussing mental health and reducing stigma.

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Clergy Perceptions of Mental Illness and Confronting Stigma in Congregations

Campbell

2021

Religions

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“…Many African Americans report religion to be central to their lives and regularly attend religious services (Mohamed et al, 2021). Moreover, research indicates that African Americans prefer to seek support for their mental health needs from clergy and other faith leaders rather than seeking professional mental health treatment through traditional clinical settings (Scribner et al, 2020). The limited availability of culturally competent mental health professionals as well as the issues of mental health stigma and access add important value to Black churches as venues for reaching African Americans with mental health challenges (Hays, 2015).…”

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Engaging African American Faith Leaders as Partners in Ethical Research

Moon,

Nichols,

Wallace

et al. 2024

jces

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This paper outlines an initiative to adapt the Community Partnered Research Ethics Training (CPRET) for the cultural context of the CHURCH (Congregation as Healers Uniting to Restore Community Health) project. The CHURCH project is a community-partnered participatory research project that seeks to promote the mental well-being of African American populations by developing, implementing, and evaluating a mental health training curriculum for faith leaders in Black churches. Participatory research, in which community stakeholders collaborate with researchers as equal partners to address problems impacting marginalized communities, has recently become more popular in academia. Training is necessary to equip community partners with the skills and knowledge required for full research participation. Community partners frequently encounter ethical issues in participatory research, but limited training resources are available to proactively prevent and address such issues. The CPRET was developed through a collaboration between the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Human Research Protection Office and Community Research Advisory Board at the University of Pittsburgh. It surveys research processes and core research ethics principles, and it stimulates discussion regarding best practices by engaging participants in scenario-based exercises in which they identify ethical and unethical research. By describing how we utilized the CPRET in the CHURCH project and presenting a summary of participant feedback, we aim to build resources for community-engaged scholars seeking to engage community members in ethical research.

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“…FBMHP has been associated with increased knowledge of adult-focused mental health issues and improved mental health outcomes (Breland-Noble et al, 2020; Hays & Aranda, 2016). It has also shown success in reducing perceived stigma and facilitating help-seeking through guidance and referral to mental health services, with some promotion of children’s mental health (Scribner et al, 2020). These studies have utilized core elements of community-based participatory research (CBPR), which is a culturally relevant approach for diverse groups that involves researchers partnering with members of communities to jointly develop and implement outreach programs or interventions (Breland-Noble et al, 2020).…”

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Bridging the gap: A pilot study of a lay health worker model to decrease child mental health stigma and promote parents’ professional help-seeking for Black/African American children.

Chakawa¹

2023

Psychological Services

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Unmet mental health needs among children in the United States (U.S.) are at a critical status (Kimball & Miller, 2015;Perou et al., 2013), with less than half of children receiving needed care (Whitney & Peterson, 2019). Unmet mental health needs are especially pronounced for racial/ethnic minority children, including Black/African American children (Alegria et al., 2010;Cokley et al., 2014), whose rates of suicide among those aged 5-11 years has increased in the past two decades (Bridge et al., 2015). Culturally responsive strategies that build on common mental health help-seeking pathways for Black/African American families are needed to improve access to care. The Bridging the Gap pilot project described in this paper used an innovative lay health worker model embedded in faith-based networks to target child mental health stigma and promote professional help-seeking among 65 Black/African American parents of children 5-12 years old. A single-group, pretest, posttest, follow-up (PPF) design (with double pretest and double follow-up) was used to structure the delivery of the pilot program and data collection. Child mental health stigma significantly decreased after the intervention portion of the program but help-seeking attitudes stayed constant. Thirteen parents had children with clinically significant mental health needs. Of the eight parents reached for follow-up, five sought child mental health services based on individualized recommendations and the rest endorsed intentions to follow through on service recommendations. Parents endorsed satisfaction with the program and several program evaluation themes were identified through qualitative data. Recommendations and future directions are discussed. Impact StatementBlack/African American children have disproportionately high unmet mental health care needs. The help-seeking pathway for Black/African American families often includes faith-based networks. Establishing culturally responsive lay health worker models within faith-based networks may help address racial/ethnic disparities in care by reducing mental health stigma and helping connect Black/ African American children with mental health needs to evidence-based services.

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Bridges to Care and Recovery: Addressing Behavioral Health and Mental Health Needs Through the Faith Community

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Clergy Perceptions of Mental Illness and Confronting Stigma in Congregations

Clergy Perceptions of Mental Illness and Confronting Stigma in Congregations

Engaging African American Faith Leaders as Partners in Ethical Research

Bridging the gap: A pilot study of a lay health worker model to decrease child mental health stigma and promote parents’ professional help-seeking for Black/African American children.

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