DanielLC comments on Methods for treating depression - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 17 February 2014 04:23:56AM 3 points [-]

but this may reflect insufficient commitment on the part of patients who were assigned to use self-help CBT materials.

So? If I'm trying to get over depression, I just want to know if that method works. Not if failure can somehow be attributed to me.

Comment author: Metus 17 February 2014 04:58:52AM 4 points [-]

This is not exactly true. If it is difficult to motivate yourself to do something, this is a massive problem of the intervention as motivation is exactly the thing depressed people lack.

Comment author: JonahSinick 17 February 2014 04:26:51AM 1 point [-]

My thinking was that you can choose to be one of the people who is sufficiently committed, though I acknowledge that this may not be realistic. I just added "If you're sufficiently committed, the expected benefits that you stand to gain from self-help CBT."

Comment author: Solvent 17 February 2014 08:23:45PM 1 point [-]

I interpreted that bit as "If you're the kind of person who is able to do this kind of thing, then self-administered CBT is a great idea."

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