tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post1957770494641704309..comments2024-03-17T09:17:01.454+00:00Comments on Vic the Vicar!: Mental Health? We've all got it!Vic Van Den Berghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-23374550761287497792013-10-07T14:16:43.710+01:002013-10-07T14:16:43.710+01:00Bob - just back in from funeral and read BBC préci...Bob - just back in from funeral and read BBC précis of the thing - not good reading is it :-(<br /><br />Thank you for pointing me to it - will try and get full copy for a read as it will inform the Police Chaplaincy I do I'm sure.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />V Vic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-60175604578940324822013-10-07T10:15:34.093+01:002013-10-07T10:15:34.093+01:00Have you seen the latest offering regarding mental...Have you seen the latest offering regarding mental health and crime by any chance? Makes for interesting reading and supports the views you have made here.<br /><br />Bob Bob Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-51267741744876913732013-10-07T10:00:05.416+01:002013-10-07T10:00:05.416+01:00Gosh! Thank you for such encouraging words and suc...Gosh! Thank you for such encouraging words and such an encouraging response from your church - a double blessing indeed.<br /><br />VVic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-24149746344760410662013-10-07T09:31:08.375+01:002013-10-07T09:31:08.375+01:00I took this to my PCC on Sunday and from it we hav...I took this to my PCC on Sunday and from it we have decided to set up an informal mental health support group caring for those who care and supporting those who suffer.<br /><br />I'd like to thank you for being the catalyst for something that has been missing from our church family for far to long and for being our Jimminy Cricket and being our conscience.<br /><br />May God Bless you and your work<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-11229132603060348662013-10-05T12:44:43.471+01:002013-10-05T12:44:43.471+01:00I too would love to see this form a more engaged, ...I too would love to see this form a more engaged, informed and mature part of our training - for mental heath issues are to be found in many areas as an influencing factor and are often either symptom or cause.<br /><br />thanks for comments,<br /><br />VVic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-64722832082896625752013-10-05T11:45:54.217+01:002013-10-05T11:45:54.217+01:00As someone whose suffered from depression in the p...As someone whose suffered from depression in the past, I hear you loud and clear.<br /><br />The worse thing for me was that my CO at the time labeled it as mental illness and put it in a report. When I told the Army Doctor I had seen about it, he was livid. Because, the depression was temporary, due to a bad time going through a marital breakdown.<br /><br />That label stuck with me for several years and inevitably affected my chances of commissioning or extending my service.<br /><br />Luckily, I was able to overcome it and went onto serve a further 23 years and was eventually commissioned.<br /><br />Poor mental health still attracts a certain stigma, mostly from people who are either ill educated or just plain prejudiced. <br /><br />You rightly highlight our responsibility or compassion and care for all who are ill, and mental illness is no different. Safeguards are needed to protect those at risk of self-harm or who might harm others. These are things that good governance, and training can help us all with.<br /><br />I'd like the church to give this more attention during the training of both Clergy and Lay leaders in pastoral care.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com