We tend to divide treatments for mental illness into
“psychological” approaches and “biological” ones; the former
typically involve “talk therapy” and the latter medication. But
this either-or way of thinking obscures the fact that talk
therapy affects the brain and is no less biological than pills.
Numerous findings over the last two decades demonstrate how talk
therapy alters the brain. Disabling conditions like clinical
depression and anxiety can be treated effectively by
understanding distorted patterns of thought, becoming aware of
emotional conflicts that have not been conscious, or practicing
new behaviors. Talk therapy is a potent treatment for serious
mental disorders and not simply for the “worried well,” as it is
sometimes characterized. For the rest of the story:
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