Posted by Adam on November 14, 1999, at 14:03:11
In reply to Re: The usefulness of talk therapy, posted by Elizabeth on November 13, 1999, at 17:05:16
I know you didn't. I'm speculating on my own, though I agree with your oppinion that CBT (or perhaps
DBT) is ideally applied to "maladaptive attitutes, behaviors, etc." Since I have displayed those
could I fit into that catagory (personality disorder), and if so, what does it mean? I'm probably
experiencing what I have heard many "100-level" psych. students experience: As they are introduced to
the concepts of abnormal psychology, they recogize a number of symptoms in themselves and start putting
themselves with varying degrees of seriousness into inappropriate diagnostic catagories.> > So, all you armchair diagnosticians out there, do I sound like I have a "personality disorder"?
>
> Goodness, I didn't mean to imply that. I've just always thought that personality disorders seemed like ideal targets for cognitive-behavioral therapy, because they are pretty much defined by maladaptive attitudes, behaviors, etc.
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