Should a Christian take anti-depressants or other mental health medicines?
GotQuestions Bible questions answered https://www.gotquestions.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Panic attacks, anxiety disorders, phobias, depression, and other mental health disorders affect millions of people. Although medical experts believe that several of the aforementioned ailments originate within a person’s psyche, there are times when a chemical imbalance is the cause—or times when a problem that began in the psyche has contributed to a chemical imbalance that now perpetuates the problem. If this is the case, medication is often prescribed to help counter the imbalance, which in turn treats the symptoms of the psychological ailment. Is this a sin? No. God has allowed man to grow in his knowledge of medicine, which God often uses in the healing process. Does God need man-made medicine in order to heal? Of course not. But God has chosen to allow the practice of medicine to progress, and there is no biblical reason not to avail ourselves of it. While medicine ca