Posted by Sarah on March 10, 2000, at 19:31:34
In reply to Re: Kind of curious, posted by Mark H. on March 10, 2000, at 18:56:55
> Here's one perspective: medication can put a floor under you, without which therapy may be useless. Once you can cope and function semi-normally (thanks to medication), therapy is essential to repair the damage and develop new skills to deal with both illness and the effects of medication.
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> With depression, statistically the best results are achieved with medication plus cognitive therapy, perhaps because cognitive therapy works best, or perhaps because it utilizes self-measurement inventories as part of its therapeutic regime while other therapies remain unmeasured. Either way, it teaches good skills for depressives to have in order to function in the normal world.I agree wholeheartedly with you, Mark...
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