Posted by fires on October 25, 2006, at 0:43:45
In reply to Re: Wanted To Ask This For A Long Time, posted by lymom3 on October 23, 2006, at 8:40:51
> Sitting back and taking pills without counseling or other behavior modification is the American lazy answer to everything. The instant gratification; give me a pill to feel better.<
It works for many. My retired MD, who was not a psychiatrist, but taught psychopharmacology at a Univ. of Calif. med school, talked about "cognitive therapy in a pill". Lots of patients' cognitive distortions disappear when they are properly medicated.
Many diabetics are insulin dependent, just like some with Dep are med dependent. The medical model does work for many. In fact it works so well, that psychologists made a major push in Calif., not too many years ago, to try to get the privilege to prescribe meds.
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