>Subject: Psychotherapy acts likes drugs on the brain
>From: "Deanna Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 06:53:06 -0600
>Thread:
>http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=11263&forumid=5#102871
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>Interesting...very interesting....
>I'm curious as to how this "turning off" of a part of the brain affects
>other aspects of the patients lives. One of the nasty side effects of some
>anti-depressants is that they can dull both the lows and the highs. I wonder
>if CBT has the same effect....
No, when its successful, and that's most of the time, it literally changes
your thinking patterns. You can still have the same highs, but the lows are
different. You now have a set of strategies that can actively address and
combat the lows, while not affecting the highs. I characterize CBT as
mainly offering the person a way of their controlling the negative affect.
It puts the person in control rather than the emotions and depression in
control of the person. for more info see
http://www.lyonsmorris.com/maret/index.htm or
http://www.lyonsmorris.com/thesis/index.htm.
larry
(the new job it taking up a lot of my time so I get the list in digest form
these days).
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