The Human Heart: A Very Busy Place

Ed Welch on medication use vis-á-vis the whole person:

If your view of persons is that we are essentially bodies and nothing more, then medication is the foremost means of change. But if you believe that the human heart is a very busy place of allegiances, dashed hopes, exaggerated desires, profound hurts and all kinds of contradictory motivations, then your attention will be drawn to where the action is. You still have a keen interest in the body and in alleviating physical suffering whenever possible, but you also know that we can grow in contentment, hope and love even in the midst of physical ailments. Physical troubles rarely can keep us from growing in godliness. The more you are drawn to the complexities of human experience, the less you will be drawn to the importance of psychiatric medications.

You may find the post from which this slice came over here.