Focus on the Family had an interview on the radio with Dr. Matthew Stanford, which is on the website (link below). It is a great 30 minute talk called, 'Helping Those Suffering from Mental Illness. I encourage you to listen to it. There were 2 things that he said that I just love. "Mental health conditions are the only condition in which the disordered organ makes the decision for care." - That is said wonderfully, something that you know but just have a hard time wording, he nailed it. And: "Your cognitive function, your thought process is damaged and you have to figure out that it is." Oh and there was something else he said, well, he speaks of mental illness being an ongoing treatment like diabetes. Which is true, definitely. And how we don't know what causes diabetes, we know what is wrong in the body and how to help it and all that, but we don't know why it happens, just like mental health issues. The brain is complicated and really we know...
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