Posted by linkadge on December 1, 2005, at 10:57:42
In reply to Re: Regarding CBT » linkadge, posted by ace on November 30, 2005, at 22:45:36
Petting a dog increases your serotonin. Social interaction increases BDNF.
Even with something like heart disease, research has shown that a combination of medication and diet/extercise modification leads to the longest survival rates.
Additionally, research has shown that the combination of medication and psychotherapy can lead to better results than either alone in depression.
For instance. Learning new ways to reduce stress will ultimately have a positive impact on your brain chemistry, since stress can perturb monoaminergic dysfuction.
So there is one concrete way in which psychotherapy can alter a biochemical problem.
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