Posted by jay on October 3, 2001, at 21:57:09
I have been getting so many mixed messages about where to post this topic. There is no clear-cut line between med therapy and social therapy. One affects the other.
People on the "med" board have been pretty nasty to me just because I ask them how they truly "feel" on a certain med.Anyhow, I want to deeply underline a point brought home in research, as well as in many current excellent books on depression and bipolar depression (In particular Noonday Demon and Kay Jamison (sp?) books), that building a good social support network and engaging in psycho and cognitive therapy is a *must* along with meds if you want to get better. Therapy has shown to have the same type of effect of chages on the brain as medications.
Anyhow...just my rant...and there is some excellent discussion here.
Jay :-)
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