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Stop Using Antidepressants Except for “the Most Severe Depression,” Experts Say

Mad in America

Even for severe depression, multiple studies have found that adding antidepressants to cognitive behavioral therapy does not result in better outcomes —psychotherapy alone is just as good in the short term. And therapy alone beats the drugs when it comes to long-term outcomes. Dixon, M., & Marshall-Andrews, M.

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Training Days: Surthriving an Execution, Antidepressants, then Myself — A Cop’s Tale

Mad in America

He went to the hospital—subdued and in custody—for his wounds, and I went to the hospital for mine. We incorporated therapy techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). I heard another gunshot go off; he shot at my back as I ran away.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

Mad in America

In The Great Psychotherapy Debate (2001), Bruce Wampold notes that while therapists tend to believe their therapy techniques—such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—are significant, patients believe having someone who understands them and is interested in them is most important.

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

She introduced some techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), an approach that focuses on helping patients identify irrational thoughts and assumptions and assembling evidence against them. They market themselves in a manner similar to what, for example, a hospital would do.

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How Research Is Advancing Our Understanding of OCD

NAMI

Dr. Wilhelm is the Chief of Psychology and Director of the Center for OCD and Related Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital, and she serves as the Vice Chair of the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board at the IOCDF. Developing the Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms Rating Scale (OCSRS).

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 7)

Mad in America

When antidepressants fail bring on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The patient has to come into the hospital or clinic twice a week for four weeks. We are told that these prices compare favorably with the cost of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a hospital at $25,000.00 or so for the hospital costs).

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Day # 147: Bulimia Nervosa Part 2

Bullet Psych

A complete medical evaluation is necessary in order to assess for complications and determine whether hospitalization is necessary. Other treatment options include intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization programs, residential programs, and medical or psychiatric hospitalization depending on severity.