The Diocese of Phoenix Office of Mental Health Ministry is a member of the Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers. The mission is to support Catholic parishes and dioceses in establishing mental health ministries. Find the tools and roadmap to start a ministry.

Mental Health First Aid is the curriculum we are using to bring education about mental health to promote the reduction of mental illness stigma.

Mental Illness | NCPD – National Catholic Partnership on Disability is a resource to promote the full and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in the life of the Church.

Fiat Program on Faith and Mental Health supports the Church in responding to today’s mental health crisis through research, service, and teaching.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Arizona) is a local resource, and we are a part of NAMI FaithNet.

Find Treatment Locators and Helplines from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for substance misuse or disorders.

Get help from La Frontera EMPACT Suicide Prevention Center.

“We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The church prays for the persons who have taken their own lives”. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2283)