On Jul 10, 2005, at 9:36 PM, shanti2218411 wrote:
--I have provided psychotherapy to hundreds of people with a dx of
some type of depression
I don't care if you've provided it for the entire *planet.* Unless you have personally experienced the serious effects of depression yourself, your opinion on what treatment is effective or not is meaningless.
( there are multiple types of depression eg
Major Depressive Disorder,Dysthymia, etc).There are numerous possible
causes for depression eg developmental,biological,enviormental.The
state of the art re understanding the basis and/or treatment of
depression is still pretty basic and will probably remain so for the
forseeable future.One of the most powerful elements of any effective
treatment whether psychiatric or medical is HOPE
You really don't know what you are talking about, do you? Repeating a false belief over and over does not cause it to morph into truth. Show me a study that purports to 'prove' that those depressives with hope fare better on medication than those without. You won't find it, as one of the main *characteristics* of depression is a profound lack of ability to hope.
