Some people would find even the idea that such an approach could work to be offensive or derisory: several CBT studies for chronic symptoms have reported that more than half of the patients who had enrolled in the study did not attend a single session.
Really? Oh -- they saw the CBT idea as a suggestion their symptoms weren't "real", I suppose. That's a common reaction in people with chronic pain, too. (I belong to an RSI self-help group.)
I have to tell you that where I live, getting CBT on the NHS is well nigh impossible, counselling on the NHS is for 6 weekly sessions only, so, pill-popping is the default. Patients aren't to blame...
(Here there's a "prescribe-a-book" scheme whereby GPs name a book that's in the public library: DIY CBT, as it were. To make up for the lack of facilities in Wales.)
jayann (not verified)
May 14, 2006 - 19:45Some people would find even the idea that such an approach could work to be offensive or derisory: several CBT studies for chronic symptoms have reported that more than half of the patients who had enrolled in the study did not attend a single session.
Really? Oh -- they saw the CBT idea as a suggestion their symptoms weren't "real", I suppose. That's a common reaction in people with chronic pain, too. (I belong to an RSI self-help group.)
I have to tell you that where I live, getting CBT on the NHS is well nigh impossible, counselling on the NHS is for 6 weekly sessions only, so, pill-popping is the default. Patients aren't to blame...
(Here there's a "prescribe-a-book" scheme whereby GPs name a book that's in the public library: DIY CBT, as it were. To make up for the lack of facilities in Wales.)
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