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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2011.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | 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 of depression. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780262295628 |