APCMH

The Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health (APCMH) is primarily concerned with the spiritual needs of people with mental health problems. We hope to encourage local initiatives in faith communities in order to support and empower mental health service users. Several befriending schemes and drop-in centres have been set up by APCMH members and the experience gained from them can be shared. We may also be able to suggest speakers or help arrange conferences to raise awareness in the faith communities and amongst mental health professionals.

We provide online featured articles, other helpful resources and FREE newsletters - all on topics concerning Pastoral Care and Mental Health.

Values As a comparatively small and fragile association, our core values are particularly meaningful to us. We try to embrace these values in all aspects of the association's work. ...more

Vision It is part of our vision that faith communities have a very important role in improving the lives and spiritual well-being of those with mental health needs. ...more

History The association's history is short but relevant. In the past we established a number of local branches that initiated and ran projects. ...more

What can we do for you and yours?

With more experience but fewer resources, we have recently had to rethink our aims. The association is now more of a catalyst for local activities; a resource for those wishing to learn from our experience; and a forum for the exchange of information and views. There is a new regular newsletter every two months.

And contacts can be made through the newsletter and with national committee members and local groups.

You can download the full APCMH Leaflet in the popular printable Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format - .pdf (If you don't currently have the FREE reader program for this then it is worth downloading from www.adobe.com) Alternatively, if you are experiencing difficulties then you could download the leaflet in Word97 format.

To join the APCMH and receive the newsletter, click here for the subscription form

For articles of interest please see our Features Index which contains searchable categorised online information relating to many and various aspects of Pastoral Care and Mental Health.

Enjoy!