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

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Medical Research Council

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)309-311
Number of pages3
JournalBritish Journal of Psychiatry
Volume208
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2016

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