Medical Literature Has Overstated Benefits of Talk Therapy for Depression: Study - West Texas News

According to a study published in journal PLOS ONE, the benefits of talk therapy for depression have been overstated in the scientific literature. The findings of the study have come several years after a similar study reached the same conclusion about antidepressant drugs.

This recent analysis is the first effort to account for studies that do not get published in the journals. Treatments like cognitive behavior therapy and interpersonal therapy are indeed effective, the analysis found.

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