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Subject: Re: Value of therapy
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> In article <> rwl@uvacs.UUCP (Ray Lubinsky) writes:
> >> >Clinical and Applied Psychology.
> >> 
> >> I wish this were more of a "taboo" than it is.  Studies show that as many
> >> people are hurt as are helped by therapy.
> >
> >I don't what study you're talking about, but I have heard that most (70% or
> >more) of people who have attended therapy/councilling found it beneficial.
> >Therapy is much maligned by people who have no personal experience with it
> >-- in fact, by otherwise rational and intelligent people.
> >
> >Perhaps you should keep an open mind about topics in which you are less
> >qualified than others to pass judgment -- even personal judgment.  I've been
> >involved in therapy and found it to be very helpful.
> >-- 
> 	For what it is worth there are studies which purport to show
> 	that the spontaneous remission rate for disturbences severe
> 	enough that therapy is considered appropriate is on the order
> 	of 65% -- i.e. that 'no treatment' is as effective as therapy.
> 	A reference is 'The Case Against Psychoanalysis', which is
> 	about 20 years old.  I have a copy in my vast and disorderly
> 	library which I can't find immediately.  If there is interest
> 	I will try to dig it up and post more details.
> 
> 	Richard Harter, SMDS Inc.

Ditto.  I've read that the spontaneous cure rate for schizophrenia is
33%.  The psychoanalytic cure rate is 35%.  Big improvement.