For Essex Mind and Spirit the report’s production and recommendations will help to ensure the promotion and progression of EMS’ vision for a sustained, constructive and valued cooperation between faith/belief groups, service users and those statutory bodies.
Faith and Mental Health
Research commissioned by Essex Mind and Spirit, chaired by Chelmsford Cathedral’s Vice-Dean Ivor Moody, has highlighted the positive contribution that faith communities can make to mental ill health management and recovery.
In the foreword to the research report he writes:
For Essex Mind and Spirit the report’s production and recommendations will help to ensure the promotion and progression of EMS’ vision for a sustained, constructive and valued cooperation between faith/belief groups, service users and those statutory bodies who provide mental health services in Essex.