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You've got this somewhat wrong. It's true that many psychiatrists these days focus on med management rather than therapy, but until maybe 30 years ago psychiatr
by staticautomatic 8y ago
You've got this somewhat wrong. It's true that many psychiatrists these days focus on med management rather than therapy, but until maybe 30 years ago psychiatrists were actually the only mental health professionals who were allowed to become psychoanalysts, the folks who more or less pioneered talk therapy.
Also CBT/DBT are not forms of psychodynamic therapy (which is what people usually think of when they think of talk therapy). That's why they're called "behavioral" therapies.
- penagwin 8y agoMy answer is based on what I find true today and from my experience. I'm only 20 so that explains that part. Not sure what you mean by "CBT is not a form of talk therapy". The first sentence according to the Mayo Clinic is "Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a common type of talk therapy (psychotherapy)." [0]. Are you confusing CBT with CBD? [0]https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cognitive-behavioral-therapy/about/pac-20384610 https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cognitive-behavi...
- staticautomatic 8y agoOK let's call it "psychodynamic" instead of "talk"
- penagwin 8y agoI'm just using a phrase that the average joe understands (And is also used by the Mayo Clinic). We can agree to disagree if you want, but to be fair what I call it doesn't really matter, I'm but a young lowly programmer :)
- staticautomatic 8y agoIt matters in the sense that the difference between a "list" and an "array" matters. I'm just trying to clarify the language so anyone who reads is on the same page. When most people think of talk therapy I think that they think of lying on a couch and not stuff like CBT but perhaps I'm wrong.