Medication Making Progress To Conquer Psychotherapy

Washington (dbTechno) - According to a new report released by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, medication is beginning to replace the practice of psychotherapy.

In the past, psychotherapy was used to treat people who were suffering from severe cases of depression, as well as other mental health problems including PTSD, bipolar disorder, etc.

In the more recent years though, the move has been made to go with medication before the psychotherapy treatment.

In recent years, the practice of psychotherapy has been cut in half, with psychiatrists instead prescribing their patients with anti-depressants.

This is being blamed on a variety of things, but the biggest culprit is that health insurance companies are now parying the psychiatrists far less for a visit compared to giving medication.

Researchers looked at 14,000 psychiatric office visits over a 10-year period.

They found that psychotherapy sessions dropped from 44% in 1996-1997, down to 29% in 2004-2005.

Their findings have been published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.