Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases
by true_religion on Monday March 28, 2016 @06:08PM
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I'm not sure why you are calling this a new paradigm. Don't most, if not all, therapists deal with depression as a symptom for necessary changes in life circumstance? Yes, every particular case is different, but in general, therapy is meant to motivate you to make a change---either in perspective, or practice or upon external sources of angst.
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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases
by pc2g4d on Monday March 28, 2016 @06:22PM
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You're right, this is not new to psychology itself. It's more of a direct challenge to the culturally powerful psychiatric/biomedical approach to depression and anxiety.
Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases
by tim333 on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @06:17AM
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My experience is no, most therapists don't deal with depression as a symptom for necessary changes in life circumstances. They'll expect you to talk about your feelings and so on. I've never heard of one saying your life sucks, change your job and make some friends. Which would often actually be helpful.