Ian
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What's with the eye of Lucifer ?
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What's with the eye of Lucifer ?
46.7m prescriptions were dispensed last year for anti-depressants and sleeping pills, the NHS reports.
Professor Clare Gerada, of the Royal College of General Practitioners, says anti-depressants work and save lives.
Speaking to the Today programme, she said she believes there is a lack of understanding that depression is a "real illness that needs real medicine to make it better".
She says talking therapy is needed alongside anti-depressants in order to help people suffering from the condition.
But should we be skeptical of all ``talking treatments?'' Unlike debriefing, there is overwhelming evidence that some talking treatments, such as cognitive therapy or cognitive behavior therapy, is effective when applied to disorders such as depression, panic disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). What is the difference then between these talking therapies and the vogue for debriefing?
Two things. First, unlike debriefing these interventions work not on normal people who have been exposed to adversity, but on those who have a definite psychiatric disorder. Second, these are skilled interventions, delivered by practitioners with well defined and well regulated professional skills, who are either clinical psychologists or psychiatrists. They are also given over a period of time. Sadly in mental health, effective treatments are neither swift nor easily learnt.
Wessley is way too optimistic here. I was trained in various methods of counselling, Rogerian, Egan and CBT. (I was only a measley nurse though, so Wessley and co wouldn't notice).Second, these are skilled interventions, delivered by practitioners with well defined and well regulated professional skills, who are either clinical psychologists or psychiatrists. They are also given over a period of time. Sadly in mental health, effective treatments are neither swift nor easily learnt.
A man who is an expert in the field of nutrition and ageing has seen your blog ( I insisted he did, our friendship depended on it )
He gives talks around Europe on his subject matter and I know he has discussed it with others. I am sure there are other examples too. The internet is amazing.
Their political support is based on the idea that they can save society money - cut health care costs.
This is "justification" that many of their claims are right, but the validity of studies that are number crunched to give answers are simply taken for granted.