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Mental Health Information

Tobin S.

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Reply to Neoma (Reply #2)

Fri May 17, 2013, 08:23 PM

May 2013

I don't know what else it would be.

On the surface it just appears to me that some psychologists are worried that they'll be losing work because more people might seek drug therapy for treatment of their mental health problems. There's probably more to it than that, I guess.

There is a time and a place for both kinds of therapy, and what I've heard from most mental health professionals is that they usually recommend doing both if you have a moderate to serious illness.

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UK Clinical Psychologists Call for the Abandonment of Psychiatric Diagnosis and the 'Disease' Model [View all] bananas May 2013 OP

My medication makes me sane. What does it change when I take it? Tobin S. May 2013 #1

I don't think they're denying its biological though. Neoma May 2013 #2

Ah Tobin S. May 2013 #3

IMO this is largely about conflicting views of clinical psychology. HereSince1628 May 2013 #4