Sentences with phrase «psychotherapy as a treatment option»

The take - away message from this study may be that if a doctor doesn't talk about psychotherapy as a treatment option, patients really should be encouraged to ask about it, she said.

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Therefore, planning of pregnancy is essential, and valid treatment options such as psychotherapy or exercise regimens are warranted in this special population.»

There is a growing evidence base in support of the effectiveness of acupuncture for a range of musculoskeletal conditions11, 12; however, despite its widespread use by participants13 there has been limited evidence for acupuncture as an effective treatment option for depression.14 Patients with strong preferences for psychotherapy or counselling for depression are not likely to engage in antidepressant treatment, 15 yet the evidence for counselling as a treatment for depression is limited16 despite widespread utilisation in primary care in the UK, with around 90 % of general practices providing on - site counselling services.17 To address this evidence gap, a randomised controlled trial Acupuncture, Counselling or Usual Care for Depression (ACUDep) compared acupuncture or counselling to usual care as treatments for primary care patients with ongoing depression.18 The results showed that acupuncture and counselling were clinically effective in reducing depression in the short to medium term.

Psychotherapy is an effective treatment option for prevention of recurrent depressive attacks as well as for acute treatment of depression.

It began as shorthand for psychotherapy, and then expended to include a variety of different formal and less formal approaches to treating emotional and behavioral dysfunction, all of which fell under a widening umbrella of treatment options.