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The Ethical Treatment of Depression : Autonomy Through Psychotherapy / Paul Biegler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biegler, Paul, 1963-
- Series:
- Philosophical psychopathology.
- Philosophical psychopathology : disorders of the mind
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Depression, Mental--Treatment--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Depression, Mental.
- Cognitive therapy--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Cognitive therapy.
- Autonomy (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about material facts
- Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about affect
- Depression : disorder of affect, disorder of autonomy
- Understanding negative biases promotes autonomy in depression
- Understanding causal stressors promotes autonomy in depression
- A special duty to promote autonomy in depression : the moral case for psychotherapy.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29449-4
- 1-283-16881-2
- 9786613168818
- 0-262-29562-8
- OCLC:
- 741614035
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