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Originally Posted by Rayne_
I think therapy as a 'treatment' is way overrated. It is a good service to understand oneself, but treatment for MH conditions--I don't believe it is all that effective.
It's overrated, it seems, not by consumers/clients, but by authorities who are promoting it as a treatment for mental disorders. (But I also can't stand Western healthcare and put MH services in the same category.)
One reason it's oversold is because the research is highly flawed for many reasons. I don't think we can extrapolate the research results from such studies to the clinical world, so nobody really knows its effectiveness aside from the antecdotal evidence. It's next to impossible to understand, measure, interpret, and apply 'effectiveness' the way it's done now.
MH treatments are in the dark ages, and I can only hope for my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and their children, etc. that it will change soon.
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Then what do you think is the best treatment for mental health issues? Issues like BPD and cPTSD are more of a psychological injury and I see issues like Bipolar and schizophrenia mental illnesses. How do think they should be treated if therapy is over rated and not effective?
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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