Some Observations on Mental Illness
Therapy we might see as fiddling with the ‘software’. Not so different from treating a chronic disease such as diabetes, where education and counseling improve outcomes.
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Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 18, 2012 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Therapy we might see as fiddling with the ‘software’. Not so different from treating a chronic disease such as diabetes, where education and counseling improve outcomes.
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Another common criticism is that the diagnostic system dehumanizes clinical care, leading us to think about disorders rather than people.
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If we do nothing, the alcoholic person will probably wind up, at some point in the progression of addiction, in exactly the circumstances we fear.
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Intervention can be quite dramatic (that’s why it makes for good TV), but it’s really the intelligent application of leverage that produces the desired result.
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Intervention is a structured, team-based tool for helping an addicted or alcoholic person make the decision to seek help.
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