(August 25, 2021 at 5:21 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Was he right about cocaine? Absolutely.
But what about talk therapy? Maybe. Studies have indicated that talk therapy's influence on recovery from mental illness may be negligible. As one of my psych profs explained to me, most of the data supporting talk therapy is based on what recovered individuals name as the cause of recovery. Meaning, people who have had talk therapy generally think IT was an instrumental factor in their recovery. But studies that focus on results only find the influence of talk therapy negligible.
Can't view the NY Times without subscribing. I don't read it enough to put out.
That depends on what you consider mental illness and what is considered recovered. For some illnesses there is never recovery and I'll agree that there are many mental illnesses where talk therapy is not effective. But even in those illnesses talk therapy can provide a support system.
It is certainly not a failure. Can't tell you how many psychologists, social workers, addiction counselors, ................ tell me that it is their primary tool, and is often a secondary tool to the primary treatment (medication). Think of how many conditions that have directed support groups. CBT is talk therapy.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
