Posted by Sad Sara on November 5, 2004, at 11:10:27
In reply to Re: Psychiatry should be replaced with neurology, posted by Squiggles on November 5, 2004, at 10:57:39
I would not refer to statistics, because I would not let statistics guide my life. If statistics show that it's a bigger chance that I get cured for lets say depression by taking antidepressives, I would still like to know about other treatments..... and if I could successfully be cured from something else that has no side effects I would like to try that first, even though there is slightly less chance that that will work.
You know, there is even statistics lead over people who has been cured of psychotherapy only. Just because MORE people get cured from medicines, doesn't mean that should be the only cure tried, or the only cure available. There are many studies showing that both depression, anxiety, certain sleeping disorders, personality disorders and hypomania has been cured by pure psychodynamic therapies. Just because the statistics show that less is cured by psychodynamic therapies than medical therapies doesnt mean that psychotherapy is invaluable.
I don't think there is statistics lead over schizofrenics cured by psychotherapy only, becaus ethere isn't many cases. I just used is an an example from the extreme. But it DOES exist references to cases of schizofrenics who has gotten cured by pure psychodynamic therapies in scientific litterature, so it does exist even if it is rare. I think it is important to keep thing slike that in mind, because truly it would be better if psychotherapy could be developed into a stage higher up than it is now.
Do also keep in mind that studies has shown that depressed people that are cured of psychotherapy only shows the exact same changes in the brains as people who are cured by SSRI. For me that means that psychotherapy must be good for something.
I think people would take horrid drugs anyway, otherwise: why are so many people still taking the horrid drugs when they have no or little effect on their mental disease or give side effects that is just as bad as the original mental disease?
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