In Christianity, suicide and mental illnesses are viewed as "spiritual failures." However, that view is changing in some church communities. The article brings up examples of pastors whose children have committed suicide without so much of a foreshadowing. As Ed Stetzer, president of Nashville-based LifeWay Research, states, We tend to think that Jesus fixes what is in our heads, and medicine fixes what is in our body, like a broken leg. Sometimes what is in our heads needs medicine.” I think it is true that the church should consider changing their view on mental illness, and the answer does not always have to be medicine, awareness and counseling go a long way as well.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/church-leaders-tackle-the-stigma-of-mental-illness_n_3225420.html?utm_hp_ref=religion
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