The Ethical Treatment of Depression : Autonomy Through Psychotherapy / Paul Biegler.
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: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
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©2011.
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| Series: | Philosophical psychopathology.
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262295628 0262295628 1283168812 9781283168816 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |