@scrumtalt @denizen95 @zoebroog In terms of many mental illnesses medication can as effective as therapy. In terms of anxiety which mostly stemmed from OCD and GAD, therapy is more effective in long term. Drugs are more easily massproduced, but require
مقارنة بين فعالية مضادات الاكتئاب و العلاج المعرفي السلوكي في علاج اضطرابات المزاج و القلق: تحليل بعدي لأكثر من 65 دراسة عشوائية على ما يقارب 6,000 مريض 40 دراسة في الإكتئاب و 25 في اضطرابات القلق .. https://t.co/F1j0mQusMe
@AllenFrancesMD I'm believe in patient choice more than that. Generally, therapy works for many but is not for everyone (17%, dropout rate, 60% remission rate) https://t.co/OTM28nGmlv Combination therapy is usually superior, and SSRI=CBT https://t.co/f4O
@sameerjauhar @CEP_UK @GlynLewis9 @GemmaLewis13 These are NOT direct comparisons. Psychotherapy trials have much less restrictive inclusion criteria than drug trials, which carefully pre-select. Direct comparisons of acute treatment trials find no differen