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When religious leaders discourage mental health treatment

I stopped taking my medication because my pastor said prayer should be enough and now I can barely get out of bed but I'm afraid going back on it means I don't have enough faith.

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The sacred and the scientific need not be enemies, yet false divisions create unnecessary suffering.

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