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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| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2011.
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Table des matières:
- 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.


