The Ethical Treatment of Depression : Autonomy through Psychotherapy /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biegler, Paul, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Autonomy (Psychology)
Antidepressants.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Antidepresseurs.
Therapie cognitive > Aspect moral.
Depression > Traitement > Aspect moral.
Personal Autonomy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy > ethics
Antidepressive Agents
Depressive Disorder > therapy
Cognitive therapy > Moral and ethical aspects.
Depression, Mental > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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