Transcript Pastoral Care

Presented by:
National Catholic Partnership
on Disability
&
The National Federation for Catholic
Youth Ministry
In Partnership with the:
NCPD Council on Mental Illness
and the
National Conference for Catechetical
Leadership (NCCL)
In collaboration with:
the National Catholic Young
Adult Ministry Association
(NCYAMA)
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Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order
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Our Sunday Visitor Institute
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Warren P. Powers Charitable Foundation
Province
Our
of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order
Sunday Visitor Institute
Warren
P. Powers Charitable Foundation
Robert McCarty, D.Min.,
Executive Director,
National Federation for Catholic
Youth Ministry (NFCYM),
Washington, DC
Paul Myers, Ph.D.,
Director, University Health Center,
University of Portland and
Staff Psychologist, Northwest
Catholic Counseling Center,
Portland, OR
Linea Johnson is a self-advocate,
motivational speaker, author, and
blogger. She is a recent college graduate with
a degree in creative writing and English from
Seattle University, in Washington.
Linea says of herself, “As a young woman
diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I hope to use
my experiences to speak for those unable to
speak for themselves.”
God, bless and strengthen
young people and those you have
called to serve, teach and heal
them.
May those who are gathered
this day for this webinar
draw from your Son’s
example as we work each day
to build your Kingdom
here on Earth.
Amen.
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Patterns of
crisis and
mental
illnesses
Levels of
response
Faith and
ministry
perspectives
“Youth at risk” are those who by
circumstances, choices, or mental
health conditions are in
situations that expose them to
failure or harm in their personal,
academic, social, familial, or
spiritual lives.
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Unable to meet their basic needs
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Have poor coping skills
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Have insufficient support systems
And therefore, they are
highly vulnerable to risk
behaviors.
Diathesis-Stress Hypothesis
Genetic predispositions to brain
chemical imbalance, triggered
by experiential factors (e.g.,
trauma episode or chronic
distress)
Social Construction
Hypothesis
Adaptive behaviors for
dysfunctional family or social
environments
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Mood
Disorders
(e.g., major
depression)
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Anxiety
Disorders
(GAD, Panic,
PTSD)
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Adjustment
Disorders
with anxiety,
depression
or disturbed
conduct
Substance
Abuse
Disorders
Eating
Disorders