Depressed? Net-based Treatments Can Help

Jung and the Restless writes "Researchers at an Australian university have found that regular visits to therapeutic and educational web sites can successfully treat depression. Researchers directed patients to The MoodGYM, a cognitive behavior therapy site, and BluePages, a depression education site. After 12 months, users of both web sites reported improvement, with the educational site working out better than the behavior therapy site. A psychotherapist who did not participate in the study says that the results aren't all that surprising. 'Cognitive behavioral strategies — sometimes in conjunction with medication — are the most effective means of treating depression,' and 'a person who is visiting an educational site like BluePages is taking the necessary steps with her own self-care. That's a key component of successful treatment for depression'"

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Re:Annoying...

[tomstdenis]

I don't think ALL depression is faked. I just think MOST depression stems from the fact people have really unimportant lives [even to themselves].

Same thing with ADD kids. I seriously doubt all of the kids have ADD. Most of them could just use sterner discipline. You can't look sideways at a kid today without getting a lawsuit up your ass. I remember getting kicked out of class, having to stay for detention, getting yelled at, etc when I was a shit disturber.

Nowadays kids get away with murder, and what's worse, we can't even fail them anymore, it might hurt their self-esteem!!!

I think western society really needs a kick in the ass, and this is comming from a 24 yr old, twice published, college graduate who likes nothing more than to hack code and play GTA:San Andreas.... :-)

Tom