I believe that the West should focus on DEPRESSION – The Plague of the 21st Century, which affects adults as well as children.
The modern man has ‘befriended’ two diseases: depression and addiction.
We suffer through these debilitating conditions as a consequence of sharing in the sinful state of modern humanity.
An astonishing 10 percent of the U.S. population was prescribed an antidepressant in 2005; up from 6 percent in 1996.
The World Health Organization has predicted that by 2030, more people will be affected by depression than any other health problem. Yet of all the dysfunctions of modern medicine, the way we treat depression may be the worst.
Are You Depressed, Or Just Human? by Dr. Andrew Weil
The premise that depression is strictly a bio-chemical problem is certainly an error…
]]>If one imagine oneself to be the well-regarded (and perhaps well-paid) chairman of a quasi-secular institution … well, one won’t even come close to Fr. Mihail’s results.
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