First, a paper from 1993? This isn't news. If the paper were a person, it could vote. Second, a quote: "... there are good reasons to believe that its results

First, a paper from 1993? This isn't news. If the paper were a person, it could vote. Second, a quote: "... there are good reasons to believe that its results are more credible than those of conventional reviews and to conclude that well-developed psychological, educational, and behavioral treatment is generally efficacious." Yes -- we can agree that people prefer talking to a sympathetic listener over staring at a wall. But without an effort to craft and then test a theory about the value of talking to other people, and whether talking to a therapist differs from talking to a bartender, it's not science, it's anecdote. This was true in 1993, and it's still true today.