Posted by capricorn on November 5, 2006, at 7:09:33
In reply to Let's stick with traditional things, posted by Declan on November 5, 2006, at 0:25:11
I have never had CBT but it's quite heavily championed/pushed/given the hard sell at my mental health centre .
Judging from replies i've read from people who have had it,it's not quite the universal panacea that the CBT disciples make it out to be.
It has to be said the psychiatric profession can be big on overselling things. For example the atypicals were touted as being so much better than the first generation antipsychotics
but more and more research is questioning the hyperbole that has surrounded the atypicals.Undoubtedly CBT works for some.I've read posts by some who swear by it. However, as with the the atypicals, overselling results in what actual merits there are being to some degree hidden by the failure to do what's written on the package.
For those who buy into the hype, as it can be so easy to do when desperate and vulnerable, the failure to meet expectations can result in disillusionment with the psychiatric process itself.
See also http://tinyurl.com/ykrwt3
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