MainerMikeBrown
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When I attended community college back in the day, I took a course in substance abuse/addiction.
The instructor of the class said that many alcoholics and drug addicts find religion as something that's helpful to them in overcoming substance addiction.
However, he said that if they are religious, their religion must be combined with professional psychiatric treatment in order for them to overcome it.
But can those who don't have substance addiction issues but do have mental illness, such as depression, bipolar disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, etc, overcome mental illness with religion alone?
Maybe some can (although those who are out of touch with reality can't). But I think it's better if it's combined with psychiatric treatment.
Not all who have mental illness are religious, of course. However, if you are a religious person and if you have mental illness, religion can help you overcome it. It really can.
But I think you're more likely to overcome mental illness if you combine it with psychiatric treatment.
The instructor of the class said that many alcoholics and drug addicts find religion as something that's helpful to them in overcoming substance addiction.
However, he said that if they are religious, their religion must be combined with professional psychiatric treatment in order for them to overcome it.
But can those who don't have substance addiction issues but do have mental illness, such as depression, bipolar disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, etc, overcome mental illness with religion alone?
Maybe some can (although those who are out of touch with reality can't). But I think it's better if it's combined with psychiatric treatment.
Not all who have mental illness are religious, of course. However, if you are a religious person and if you have mental illness, religion can help you overcome it. It really can.
But I think you're more likely to overcome mental illness if you combine it with psychiatric treatment.
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