> --- In [email protected], "shanti2218411" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
One of the most powerful elements of any effective
> > treatment whether psychiatric or medical is HOPE.The instillation
of hope will frequently evoke the placebo response.The latter is a
real psycho-physiological phenomenon(a good non-technical book on the
subject is "Remembered Wellness" by Herbet Benson).There is no doubt
that much of the reason why medications work(as well as psychotherapy)
is due to the placebo effect.
This just shows that you know absolutely nothing about depression, since those with it usually have no hope whatsoever. The placebo effect has nothing to do with how the medication works, when it does, which is most of the time.
