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Re:Exercise has 'similar effect' to therapy, study on depres... by weatherlite on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:06AM (#47088220)
> Same for therapy modalities, which often show similar efficacy in studies, but different efficacy for any given person.

It's even more complicated than that - you can probably click well and succeed with one therapist and get a completely ineffective treatment by another therapist and I'm not sure we even understand why that well (saying one therapist is better than the other is not always true). With it being the way it is , I think A.I actually could be another tool for people to try; not currently but once it improves enough with memory and reliability (I know many people are gonna downvote this but what's your alternative?).

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Re:Exercise has 'similar effect' to therapy, study on depres... by thesz on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:45AM (#47089481) 

  > what's your alternative?
Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) serum levels are inversely associated with depression's severity [1].

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3188695/

Give yourself a good BDNF boost through diet and/or exercise.

Ketogenic diet even improves on schizophrenia to the point that patients go off from medication [2] [3].

[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12237970/

[3] https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3...

That's my alternative.

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Re:Exercise has 'similar effect' to therapy, study on depres... by justonceokay on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:14AM (#47088306)
The only constant in effective therapy is that the client in good faith wants to make a change in their life/outlook. The therapy modalities are all tactics but the strategy remains the same
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