Counsels on Mental Health

Counsel #6 — Medical Intervention

Picture: Counsel #6 — Medical Intervention CMH 80.1

Sometimes a medical professional may need to intervene if anxiety, stress, and worry become so acute it impairs normal functions of everyday life such as work, school, sleep or relationships. Additionally, if you are exhibiting physical symptoms such as increased heart rate, clamminess and sweating, or panic attacks, a health professional should be consulted.^[82] CMH 80.2

Counseling, therapy, or medical help may also be needed by those who have had highly traumatizing events in their past, have a genetic predisposition to worry and anxiety, or have had parents/caretakers who modeled dysfunctional response to stress.^[83] CMH 80.3

“Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.’” Luke 5:31 NKJV CMH 80.4

“The physician should labor equally with the minister, and with as much earnestness and thoroughness [as the minister] for the salvation of the soul as well as for the restoration of the body.” Ellen White in Medical Ministry, p. 237 CMH 80.5

Reflect: Are you as careful to preserve your mental health as you are to take care of your physical health? CMH 80.6