Posted by m3 on January 28, 2002, at 18:56:52
This is something I've always been curious about: can anyone offer concrete
examples of how therapy has helped them? I know it's hard
to sum up meaningfully, but I dunno, something like, before
therapy I would do x, and now I can recognize other options
and usually choose to do y.I know that clinical studies show therapy is pretty consistently
effective for many/most people with depression and
some other diagnoses. My scientific/knowledge-seeking/informed-patient
side is impatient with the subjective part of it and wants
to know how it works.I guess a related question is, how is a "newcomer"
(someone who's getting psych. symptoms for the first time)
supposed to pick a doctor? It seems odd to me that we're just
supposed to go by whether we feel a rapport with them, when
1) they (i.e. mental health professionals) presumably have strong and
differing views of what's the best way to treat people, and
2) most of us know nothing, at least up front, about the different
options.I guess what I'm getting at is, an educated mental health professional
who was getting symptoms would presumably make a choice of shrink
based on methodology, but your average patient can't. Seems strange
to me...anyone else feel the same?
poster:m3
thread:17403
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