Posted by fires on December 13, 2004, at 19:26:21
In reply to Re: Prognosis » fires, posted by pegasus on December 13, 2004, at 17:04:50
> You don't value growth? That would explain a lot.
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> This is sounding like a false dichotomy to me. A person could surely use pharmacotherapy for relief of symptoms as well as psychotherapy for growth. In fact, that's what I'm doing, and both parts of my treatment are doing wonders. It would be sad to me to miss the growth part of the equation, but of course, everyone gets to choose what their own goals are.
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First, I feel that your rhetorical question is quite offensive. I feel that it is a thinly veiled sarcastic putdown.I tried the growth part of the equation and found it akin to malpractice. For a patient to have to endure psychotherapy for physical problems due to a Ts lack of medical knowledge is inexcusable. I'm sure that you are aware that T is continually having to psychologize problems of living because meds have made such a signicant inroad into "emotional" disorders.
In my state, CA, it got so bad a few years back that Ts (non MD types) lobbied to try to get laws to allow them to prescribe!! Wanting for patients? You bet.
Then came Oprah, Dr. Phil, and other pop psych personalities to save the day.
They even have succeeded in getting people to believe that they primarily over-eat for "emotional" reasons - imagine that-- and they are both over weight!
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