Biological V. Psychosocial treatments: A myth about pharmacotherapy v. psychotherapy

Aaron Prosser; Bartosz Helfer; Stefan Leucht

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.115.178368

Biological V. Psychosocial treatments: A myth about pharmacotherapy v. psychotherapy

Aaron Prosser, Bartosz Helfer, Stefan Leucht

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

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Despite evidence for their comparable efficacy, psychotherapy faces a dramatic decline relative to pharmacotherapy in psychiatry. A deep ideological reason for this decline centres on the belief that psychotherapy is a psychosocial treatment whereas pharmacotherapy is a biological treatment. Modern cognitive neuroscience demonstrates that this distinction is a myth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	309-311
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	208
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.178368
State	Published - Apr 2016

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