Is Depression a Medical Affair?
A new study has come out recently, seeming to confirm what right-wing Christians knew all along. The cure for depression does not belong to the scientists. For many years, science and it’s corresponding post-modern culture has argued that SSRIs treat a chemical imbalance in the brain that manifests itself as depression.From the article: ‘“The idea that depression is a chemical imbalance characterized by a deficit or a lower level of serotonin in the synapses is just not correct,” he said. “It never was, and it’s not now.”‘ Trust in the medical industry is already at an all time low. Surely SSRIs weren’t promoted for financial interests, right? Besides the two-faced nature of the drug-pushers, the church has a bigger question to deal with. Does treatment of depression belong to the scientists, psychologists, and pharmacists of today? Or, should Christianity insist that depression is spiritual issue?
