Posted by krazy kat on June 24, 2002, at 14:09:51
In reply to thoughts on this, posted by tabitha on June 23, 2002, at 3:34:36
"I suspect people on the extreme pro-neurology side are profoundly uncomfortable with the murky, personal, subjective, "soft" science of psychology. Or they've had bad personal experiences with therapists."
I don't think this has to be true at all. I am currently a tad anti-psychologist due to a disability encounter, I will admit, but then I had a very nice meeting with a therapist recently so it kind of evened out (I am not in therapy, however, just to keep it above water).
One can certainly argue that these are "physical disorders" without harboring some deep-seated hatred for cognitive therapy (I'm being facetious on purpose since mist called it WWIII).
Now, a physical disorder such as this causes a lot of pain and problems, especially, I would imagine, if present since childhood. also, poor social development, etc. so therapy to address those issues seems relevant to me.
BUT, in Bipolar Disorder, it is imperative that medication be issued first. It's been shown that psycho-therapy can actually harm a manic depressive who is not stabilized.
- kk
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