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God Works Through Medicine, Too A 17-year-old woman with severe depression was
referred to me for a psychopharmacology (medication) consultation.
Her mother was clearly quite ambivalent about the possibility of
using medications for her daughter. Her mother was a very religious
woman who feels that she was able to turn her life around (stopped
using drugs) through finding God. She told me that she'd been praying
for God to just make her daughter better and talking with her church
leaders. When I told her "God also works through many forms
of medicine." she was visibly relieved and ready to hear more
specifics about medication. She consented to the use of an antidepressant
for her daughter.
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