Posted by dj on February 20, 2001, at 23:37:12
In reply to Re: Apologies to dj, posted by Chaston on February 20, 2001, at 9:38:16
> Fascinating thread!
> It is sincerely heartening to realize that there are professionals in this field who really DO care about helping people with depression, and honestly think and debate about how best to
> accomplish that.Isn't it though!
The O'Connor books provide a good overview of some of the themes underlying those differences in opinion, as no doubt, other books, articles and mental health professionals do as well.
Certainly "Undoing Depression" comes at it from that angle, and from what I'v read of "Active Treatment..." it focuses on doing that in more detail and with more references in an effort to encourage a broader perspective on the behalf of mental health practitioners - both the 'professonals' and those whom they treat (us)...In O'Connor's asphorisms about depression, quoted above in '1 other brief excerpt on depression framework... ' one of the more challenging of his statements is the one that asserts: "There is a part of me that doesn't want to get well"
I find there is truth to that though more in the form that: 'My efforts at dealing with depression are often futile and frustrating and leave me wondering about the payback on my efforts' or something along those lines.
I'm curious what others think about O'Connor's asphorisms??? Anybody awake and wanting to publically ponder the veracity of O'Connor's assertations? RZip here's your chance to don your public thinking cap once again...along with anyone else who cares to comment... And btw, RZip how about continuing to educate us to the themes underlying the T/F poll you had posted...
Sante!
dj
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