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You might have an Aristotelian sense of "success" in mind here (meaning that it covers something like the long-term overarching benefit of the person), but I do
by logicchop 6y ago
You might have an Aristotelian sense of "success" in mind here (meaning that it covers something like the long-term overarching benefit of the person), but I don't. I just mean success as in, anxiety medication actually improves anxiety; depression medication actually improves depression; attention deficit medication actually improves attention. Whether there are better ways for us to achieve long-term outcomes is a different issue.
- sfink 6y agoExcept sadly that's not true. Anxiety medication usually does not improve anxiety. Same with the rest. But sometimes they do, and when it works it's enormously valuable to people. Medication and talk therapies (including CBT) are more or less tied, from what I've heard.