by Michael Heitt | Sep 13, 2013 | medication, Psychotherapy
Yet another article was published recently that touted the positive effects of psychotherapy. In this study the authors noted that psychotherapy was as effective as antidepressant medication at treating and preventing relapses of depressive episodes. Of course the...
by Michael Heitt | Jan 23, 2013 | benefits of therapy, medication, Psychotherapy
Look around the room and you’re likely to find at least one person who is on an antidepressant medication now. I just did a Google search for the “top prescription drugs” and according to Drugs.com, one antidepressant and another psychiatric...
by Michael Heitt | Oct 17, 2012 | benefits of therapy, medication, Psychotherapy, self care, stress
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently launched a new awareness initiative about the benefits of psychotherapy. There are a couple cute videos (below) that mock the pharmaceutical commercials that we see too often. Though I very much appreciate this...
by Michael Heitt | Oct 31, 2011 | benefits of therapy, human behavior, medication, placebo
I have to admit that though I receive The American Psychologist (the main journal of the APA) monthly, I rarely get through more than one article per issue because the articles are so dense. This month, there was a great article about Lifestyle and Mental Health. ...
by Michael Heitt | Oct 20, 2011 | benefits of therapy, medication, placebo, Psychotherapy
The CDC just put out a report about Americans’ use of antidepressants. The paper has already gotten a bunch of press (Washington Post, CNN, Reuters to name a few). Some of the key bullet points of the paper are: Eleven percent of Americans aged 12 years and...
