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Integrative Therapies: Are They Good Psychotherapy Options?

January 25, 2021 by Dr. Paul Greene

Integrative therapies are an intuitively appealing approach. Learn about what they are and whether they make sense for you.

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What Is Integrative Therapy?

The term “integrative” or “integrated” therapy is used in two ways.

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Filed Under: American mental healthcare, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Evidence-based treatment Tagged With: dbt, finding a therapist, psychotherapy

6 Important Reasons Why People Don’t Get Mental Health Treatment

May 13, 2020 by Dr. Paul Greene

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The Scope of the Problem

Barriers to mental health treatment abound in the United States. The nature of these barriers is varied. Some involve people seeking but unable to obtain services. Others involve a failure to seek services. In combination, these obstacles result in a large proportion of those in need of mental healthcare not getting it.

For example, a 2008 study examined mental health problems in a large sample of military members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The study found that only around half of those veterans with depression and PTSD sought help for these problems. Unfortunately, the corresponding statistics for non-veterans are no better. Why is that?

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Filed Under: American mental healthcare, Depression, PTSD Tagged With: psychotherapy

Be an Informed Consumer!

October 30, 2012 by Dr. Paul Greene

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Much attention has been cast on the relationships between clinical medicine and the pharmaceutical industries. How much has the pharmaceutical industry been influencing the treatment of depression and anxiety?  The rate of use of prescription medication in the United States is higher than in other industrialized nations.  The use of prescription antidepressant medication has drastically increased in the past 20 years. 

In fact, a 2007 study by the CDC found that in the United States, antidepressants were prescribed more often than medications for high blood pressure or high cholesterol! It is likely that the effects of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing, such as television and radio commercials, have played an important role in the increased use of many patented antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications.  These medications have been very profitable for pharmaceutical companies. In recent years, television commercials even advertise serious antipsychotic medication — even for use with depression — despite the fact that many in the field consider these drugs to be overused and to cause problematic side effects.

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Filed Under: American mental healthcare, Depression, Evidence-based treatment Tagged With: antidepressants, anxiety, depression

Science-Based Therapy: Is There Such A Thing?

November 8, 2009 by Dr. Paul Greene

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Most people closely associate medicine and science, but how many of us think of science and psychotherapy as being related? Maybe we don’t, but we should. The best therapy is science-based.

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Filed Under: American mental healthcare, Evidence-based treatment Tagged With: antidepressants, therapy

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