Psychotherapy as a “Craft Tradition”

What will contribute to the growth of psychotherapy as a discipline?
Is psychotherapy a science? If it’s not a science then is it reliable? Psychotherapy is not a science, though some approach it from this perspective. They cite efficacy studies that suggest a specific treatment is more effective for a particular disorder. What gets lost [...]

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Easier to Get than Beer: Teens and Prescription Drugs

Recreational use of prescription drugs among teenagers.

From a USA Today article by Janet Kornblum.
More teens now say it’s easier for them to acquire prescription drugs — usually powerful painkillers — than it is to buy beer, according to the 13th annual survey on attitudes about drug abuse, out today, from the National Center on Addiction [...]

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Multifactorial Depression

This from Ken Pope: Neurogenesis in the adult brain: The association with stress and depression Presented at the 21st Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2008, Barcelona, Spain.
The statement includes several interesting points about possible causes and remedies of depression. In the clinical implications section:
Experiments show that stress and depression inhibit the growth of [...]

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