Cariyaga comments on Can we talk about mental illness? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Cariyaga 09 March 2015 04:23:16PM 2 points [-]

Oh, that's rather interesting. Do you have any citation for them being so effective? I've a friend for whom they might be quite useful, as he's a bit of a shut-in.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 09 March 2015 10:58:10PM 1 point [-]

Popular take: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-all-psychotherapies-created-equal/

There is a blog post floating around explaining exactly how much workbooks in particular were shown to be around 80-90% as effective as in person IIRC but I can't find it right now. Also IIRC Anxiety is one of the more responsive to treatment disorders.