Posted by med_empowered on November 27, 2005, at 14:49:00
In reply to Re: Studies on long term use of SSRI's, posted by flmm on November 27, 2005, at 11:57:32
I think truly treating depression does involve more than drugs. However, b/c of the push towards drugs in depression, its harder now to get psychotherapy...lots of insurance plans will pay for antidepressants, but not for extended therapy (or any therapy, really). Plus, for the past 10 years the message has been "depression is a physical problem with a physical cause, and requires physical/medical treatment" Its really only now that shrinks are back-tracking and recognizing the value of psychotherapy and a psychosocial understanding of depression. Finally...although I dont currently take meds for depression, when I did the idea wasn't "feel 100% better"; the idea was "feel better *enough* to do everything else (therapy, self-help, etc.)". THe problem is that the pills often couldn't even do that much for me.
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