Mormons and mental illness
Mormons make strides in discussing mental illness. Is it enough?
By Jana Riess — October 4, 2021
(RNS) — When we emphasize that the Lord can’t abide any unclean thing and his acceptance of us is predicated on all the dazzling feats of self-improvement we’re going to perform, we’re hurting those who struggle with mental illness.
“No More Shame”: A Mormon Apostle Sheds Light on Mental Illness—And His Own Struggles
By Jana Riess — October 8, 2013
Some readers know that there is a history of mental illness in my family, as I’ve written about before. This includes but is not limited to my father, who died in 2010. Without going into specifics, I would say that there is no getting around the pain that mental illness can bring into a family’s […]
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