Esther12
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In this context it is worth asking not whether CBT may become an alternative to medication, but what evidence, if any, would lead CBT advocates to reject their therapy? To admit that CBT has little or no impact on the symptoms of psychosis would have much wider resonance for politicians who have backed it, the many health workers who practice it and would be portrayed as reducing service-user choice. Within the realm of science, issues of expedience, economics and emotion should not be key drivers of mental health care.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/...havioural-therapy-for-psychosis-been-oversold
The crowd at tonight's Maudlsey debate voted :
The final vote: Oversold: 47 Not oversold: 132 Abstain: 25 CBTp has not been oversold. Well done to all involved #maudsleydebates
https://twitter.com/PsychiatrySHO/status/451430156021022720
To me, it seems that Laws got a friendly motion there, and what I've seen has made it look very clear that CBT for psychosis has been oversold... but maybe the opposing side revealed data I was not aware of? I would love to have a debate on 'CBT for CFS has been oversold'.