Actually, I have been seeing this clinical social worker for about 6 years on a monthly basis for treatment of clinical depression and anxiety (as well as my primary care physician who prescribes meds to treat the depression which is more chemically based. The CSW suggests talking to my primary if he thinks I may need adjustment in my meds, but of course, he cannot write any prescriptions. That’s why I was hoping to get clarification on the second paragraph two of #2352 in the CCC which addresses the issue of those persons with psychological problems:
"To form an equitable judgment about the subjects’ moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into account the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety or other psychological or social factors that lessen, if not even reduce to a minimum, moral culpability."
The above paragraph in red makes me wonder why it was even included in the Catechism if not to guide a pastor or confessor in how to counsel a person who comes forward with this problem. At any rate, I am trying with God’s help, to overcome this sin.
