At 08:53 AM 3/21/99 , Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote:
>The following column appeared in the Sunday NY Times Web edition:
>
> Placebo Nation
>
> By JOHN HORGAN
<snip> From psychoanalysis to Prozac, all
>the therapies
> offered so far are roughly equivalent in their effectiveness,
>or lack thereof.
<snip> There are now hundreds of talking
>cures, from
> Jungian dreamwork to cognitive behavioral therapy. Although
>each is touted
> as an improvement over its predecessors, scientific tests have
>found that all
> psychotherapies are basically equal.
>
<snip >
Be an interesting article if the information (see above) had much to do
with reality. The above statements are egregiously incorrect and out of
date. (Hasn't anyone read anything since Eysenck in '66?)
Peter Lawson, Ph.D.
Psychology Department
Century College
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
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