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Can you overcome depression without the use of medication?

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  • #32
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,887 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Rosen & Davison 2003 Psychology
    Should List Empirically Suppported Principles of Change and Not Credential
    Trademarked Therapies or Other Treatment Packages.
    BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, Vol. 27 No. 3, July 2003 300-312

    http://psy7501.alliant.wikispaces.net/file/view/Rosen2003.pdf


  • #33
    Tigerbaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Tigerbaby


    hotspur wrote: »
    I once got a bad grade in my undergraduate psychology days for an essay on Jung in which I called him a pathological liar.

    Just to give another perspective on Jung in case someone rushes off thinking he's the answer, he will appeal to you if you are into dream catchers and mysticism. Whatever people feel about Freud's focus on sexuality at least he wasn't a nutcase and a fraud.

    It's horses for courses but Jung is likely to appeal to quite a small section of society.

    What do the psychologists and students of psychology here think about him?
    .


    I guess that excludes me. i am not a trained psychologist. However, as someone who has "walked the walk" for too many years, Jung has given me sense in my life, equilibrium, passion and understanding. I thank you, Hotspur, for your comment. Its always enlightening to hear how the professionals think.


  • #34
    Cinful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭Cinful


    Interventions should be individual specific. CBT is one possible treatment, which may be sufficient or bundled with other applications (including or excluding pharmaceutical).

    The model often determines treatment. For example, if a medical model predominates, there is a tendency to include pharmaceutical solutions. Other models may tend to avoid drug dosing.

    Financial reimbursement schemes can also impact on treatment options. In America insurance may qualify (or disqualify) certain interventions. Cases remanded to the state can be affected by budget, policies, and political whim.

    Trends in treatment can roll through a nation. For example, at one time in America electro-shock was a highly popular treatment for depression. Not so today.


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