Posted by greywolf on April 6, 2006, at 17:52:58
In reply to Re: Drugs versus Psychotherapy - Backlash?, posted by linkadge on April 6, 2006, at 17:37:33
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> "you're probably likely to report success. To do otherwise would essentially be admitting that you've been wasting all that time in sessions"
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> I don't know if I'd be less inclined to report therapy failure, esp when the report was not designed to make judgment on individual therapists.
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> One could say the same about drugs. After having spent years taking various medications, it is hard to return to the doctor and say they don't work. I tell my doctor that the drugs work when they don't.
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> Linkadge
>--I agree, but I do believe that if we're talking about reports of success with therapy in cases of severe depression, it is likely that those individuals have been in therapy for years. From my personal perspective, having twice tried psychotherapy without success, you invest yourself differently, and more intimately, in psychotherapy. While we commit to a lot when working through some of the ridiculous things these drugs do to us, IMHO I am probably more likely to acknowledge that a particular med just isn't doing the trick or has become less effective than someone who has built a long-term relationship with a therapist would be to admit lack of success in that context. For instance, take a look at the countless posts mentioning love or strong feelings for therapists, people experiencing trauma ending treatment with their therapists, etc.
Not saying I'm right, but that's where my thinking is on those studies. I think I take a more negative view because there seems to have been a resurgency recently of anti-med forces (not just the Scientologists).
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