Clinical Psychology Review – A New Vision for Mental Health

Despite More Treatments for Depression, Prevalence Doesn’t Decrease—Why?

Author: Editorial 4th November 2022 1 Comment

This article by Peter Simons has been published on the Mad in the UK website. It begins: “Between 1987 and 2007, the number of people receiving treatment for depression in the United States increased fourfold (and has continued to rise more…
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More treatment but no less depression: The treatment-prevalence paradox

Author: Editorial 24th October 2022 0 Comments

This article – by Johan Orme, Steven D. Hollon, Ronald C. Kessler, Pim Cuijpers, and Scott M. Monroe – has been published in the Clinical Psychology Review. The abstract says: “Treatments for depression have improved, and their availability has markedly increased…
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The biomedical model of mental disorder: A critical analysis of its validity, utility, and effects on psychotherapy research

Author: Editorial 1st June 2018 0 Comments

This article from Brett J. Deacon (University of Wyoming) was published in 2013 in the Clinical Psychology Review . The article’s abstract says: “The biomedical model posits that mental disorders are brain diseases and emphasizes pharmacological treatment to target presumed biological abnormalities. A…
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