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Is Mental Illness Actually Biblical?: Article Analysis

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In the article, Is Mental Illness Actually Biblical?, by Stephen Altrogge on biblestudytools.com, discusses why Christians should believe in mental illnesses. The article begins with the author saying, “I recently read two articles by a well known Christian author… The articles essentially argued that mental illness was a social construct created by secular doctors and psychiatrists, and therefore, is not biblical. So, when a person is depressed, he is really just experiencing sadness, and to try to treat it medically is to short circuit the power of God.” The article continues to say the person’s intention were sincere, since they meant God was just as sufficient as medicine. Although, the author believes that curing mental illness as a spiritual

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