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The church in a sense is the answer in my mind to mental health problems because people are going there first.

This is a divine opportunity that God's given us and we have to be more aware.

You may not know it but an enormous number of teens and adults do suffer from mental health issues

and often they and their families feel isolated and alone not knowing where to turn for help.

Well, today on Focus on the Family,

we're going to offer some help and encouragement

as we visit with Dr. Matthew Stanford.

Your host is Focus President Jim Daly,

and I'm John Fuller.

John, one in five teens and one in five adults in the United States suffer with mental disorder

in a given year.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of stigma to mental illness, and that fact alone keeps many people

from seeking treatment and getting medication or the support they need.

And you know, those are stigmas that we want to attempt to

overcome right now Dr Matthew Stanford understands this problem so well every

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