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The Ethical Treatment of Depression : Autonomy through Psychotherapy /

Is there is a moral imperative on physicians to refer patients with mental depression for psychotherapy rather that treating the ailment with drugs? Psychotherapy, in particular cognitive behavior therapy, promotes autonomy & it is the loss of autonomy, argues Paul Biegler, that is at the heart...

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Autor principal: Biegler, Paul, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about material facts
  • Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about affect
  • Depression : disorder of affect, disorder of autonomy
  • Understanding negative biases promotes autonomy in depression
  • Understanding causal stressors promotes autonomy in depression
  • A special duty to promote autonomy in depression : the moral case for psychotherapy.