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1. Psychotherapy is an effective treatment to aide Discussion
Psychotherapy is an effective treatment to aide DiscussionPsychotherapy is an effective
treatment to aide Discussion2 referencePsychotherapy is an effective treatment to aide
those with mental health illnesses. It is a beneficial approach for the management of mental
health care. It is considered to treat the psychological, behavioral, and somatic issues rather
than the means of medical (Gaab et al, 2019). Psychotherapy may be used alone or along
with medication management. Psychopharmacology is explained by its biological basis of
treatments when aiding a patient’s mental illness. But how does psychotherapy promote
change within a patient?Psychotherapy can be introduced to a patient in many forms. The
most common form of psychotherapy is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT has been
proven to work with several different diagnoses including anxiety, depression, eating
disorders, substance use, etc. Psychotherapy, along with CBT, is found to improve the
functioning and quality of life in patients. Psychotherapy works in a way to attempt to
change the thinking and behavioral patterns a patient experience (APA, 2017).Throughout
my research on this topic, I have found that not very many studies have been conducted on
brain changes following psychotherapy, or maybe less studies that I thought should have
occurred on this topic. However, the very first study was conducted in 1992 and the
research was focused on comparing fluoxetine treatment and behavior therapy. This study’s
findings suggested that the brain had similar changes with the two types of treatment,
especially in the caudate nucleus (Karlsson, 2015).Many cultural, religious, and
socioeconomic factors have the capacity of altering psychotherapy treatment outcomes.
Several reasons for this can include lack of awareness of mental illness, lack of family ,
religious beliefs, financial difficulty, community beliefs, lack of insight, ect (Reddy et al,
2015).I do believe that psychotherapy has a biological basis within an individual.
Psychotherapy is driven to change the way a person thinks or behaves, which comes from
mechanisms within the brain. Coping skills are utilized to modify a person’s thoughts and
behaviors. Psychotherapy is considered to have long lasting effects in one’s life to prevent
relapse of symptoms. Some may even consider that the effects of psychotherapy last longer
than medication management (Ayache & Chalah, 2018).ORDER NOW FOR ORIGINAL,
PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSReferencesAPA (2017). What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
American Psychological Association. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/ptsd-
guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioralAyache, S. & Chalah, M. (2018).
Disentangling the neural basis of cognitive behavioral therapy in psychiatric disorders: A
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2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6120051/Gaab, J., Locher, C., & Meier, S.
(2019). Psychotherapy: A world of meanings. Frontiers in Psychology 10(460). Retrieved
from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6448000/Karlsson, H. (2015). How
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https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/psychotherapy/how-psychotherapy-changes-
brainReddy, S. K., Thirthalli, J., Channaveerachari, N. K., Reddy, K. N., Ramareddy, R. N.,
Rawat, V. S., Narayana, M., Ramkrishna, J., & Gangadhar, B. N. (2015). Factors influencing
access to psychiatric treatment in persons with schizophrenia: A qualitative study in a rural
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