Effects Of Psychotherapy

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In the last fifty years, the treatment for mental disorders has come with a stigma. This stigma drives the reason why nearly half of the population goes misdiagnosed when it comes to mental disorders, and why only 19% of those diagnosed receive accurate and positive treatment. Psychotherapy, the most beneficial, popular, and best option of psychotherapy provides less risk and greater mental improvement to patients than most conventional methods, most importantly those of psychopharmacology. Pharmaceuticals, an easy solution that only solves the symptoms without solving the root of the problem, have continuous and sought after due to their ease of use. Albeit an easy and quick solution, they involve many risks, including mistreatment, further …show more content…

These boundary lines between a temporary illness and mental disorders linger indistinctly, and professionals have difficulty with a diagnosis. According to Dr. Ron Diamond, numerous mental health problems go misdiagnosed. Since physicians have the inability to take more than fifteen minutes of their time when seeing patients, disorders either go unseen, or diagnoses incorrectly. Doctors often do not take enough time with patients to get to the main issue revolving around their symptoms either. For instance, many different physical disorders may lead to the misdiagnosis of someone as having depression or even bipolar disorder. These physical disorders include a range of things, like influenza, viral hepatitis, cancer, tumors, cardiopulmonary diseases or even sleep apnea (Diamond 4). Also, some patients get treated for certain mental disorders when there a more serious underlying problem exists. For instance, Hypothyroidism or the inactiveness of the thyroid gland, causes a general slowing of all body functions. (Diamond 4). This serious condition can lead to weight gain, or even death if untreated. Patients with hypothyroidism will often complain of the same symptoms that happen when someone has depression or anxiety (Diamond 4). Since misdiagnosis can happen, it would make sense to do trial runs of therapy rather than drugs, since often times patients do not need the medication to feel better, not to mention they often only feel like they get better due to the placebo

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