Psychotherapy Works (Despite Persistent Myth of the Magic Pill)
A Response to Message in a Bottle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10516692 |
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| Authors | Daniel L Buccino (University of Maryland, Baltimore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 53-57 |
| Publication date | 2005-08-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Smith College Studies in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7317 • E-ISSN: 1553-0426 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j497v75n02_04 |
| OpenAlex | W1601501331 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This commentary amplifies the dynamic strategies in Message in a Bottleto consider in working with clients who seek to augment psychotherapy with psychopharmacologic treatment. This commentary also addresses how to evaluate and enhance psychotherapy outcome independent of medications and reviews some of the factors which contribute to positive treatment outcome. In order for clinicians to resist the pervasive colonizing effects of the medical model, this commentary reevaluates some of the claims that medications seem to promise and reinforces data which demonstrate that psychotherapy remains a safe and effective first-line treatment. Key Words: Psychotherapy outcomepsychotherapy effectivenesscombined treatmentpsychotherapy and psychopharmacologymedication trials
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| Highly cited | No |
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