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More questions about the effectiveness of antidepressants in kids…
The professional community, parents and families hold assumptions about the effectiveness of psychotropic medication, especially medication for depression, that are unrealistic based upon our understanding of the research literature. Continue reading
Should kids with ADHD take their medication for church?
If your child’s experience at church is as important as their experience at school, the need for effective treatment at church is as great as their need for treatment at school. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Controversies, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry
Tagged ADHD, Awana, children, children's ministry, church, Inclusion, Key Ministry, medication, Stephen Grcevich MD, student ministry, students
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Five strategies for maintaining hope if you’re struggling with depression
Through my years of therapy for depression, I’ve acquired some strategies that help me hope in the future more often. Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Mental Health, Strategies
Tagged Christian counseling, coping strategies, Depression, Gillian Marchenko, hope, Key Ministry, medication, Still Life
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The mental health needs of kids in foster care
If 60-85% of kids in foster care have significant mental health conditions, is your church prepared to welcome those kids and teens into your existing children’s and youth ministry programming?
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Psych meds don’t turn kids into mass murderers
Charleston isn’t about a mental health problem…it’s about an problem with evil. Evil may have won the battle on Wednesday but the Bible is very clear that evil will not win the war. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Controversies, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged ADHD, anxiety disorders, Charleston Shooting, children's ministry, Christianity, Depression, Disability Ministry, evil, Mass Murder, medication, mental illness, psych meds, schizophrenia, Stephen Grcevich MD, student ministry
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Are antidepressants safe for kids?
Patients with depression were eleven times more likely to experience significant benefit from antidepressant medication than to experience medication-related suicidal thinking or behavior, patients with OCD were thirty-four times more likely to experience benefit and patients with non-OCD anxiety were thirty-six times more likely to experience benefit. Continue reading
Shhh…We’re talking about ADHD medication and church
If your child’s experience at church is as important as their experience at school, the need for effective treatment at church is as great as their need for treatment at school. Continue reading
What if medication is a tool that helps us resist sin?
Could we argue that medication (or other treatment) that enhances our ability to avoid sin or to do good might be a useful tool for the individual Christian? Further, could we argue that the decision to take medication under such circumstances is God-honoring? Continue reading
