Popa I have yet to find the psychologist who says that mental illness is purely genetic. In fact, i have never heard of that before…genetics can often play a part. But there can be many other factors as well…not everyone who become mentally ill has family members who are also mentally ill.
I don’t think anyone was ever arguing that depression or other mental illness can not be stimulated by various outside incidents that occur in life. But what we are saying is that those outside incidents spark biological physical change that result in the symptoms of mental illness. Which is why CBT is perfect – It’s cognitive and behavioral. Behavioral therapy treats symptoms such as anxiety while cognitive therapy helps to cut to the core and show the client why their maladaptive thoughts or behaviors are precisely that – maladaptive. And it helps them recognize when the thoughts come and how to avoid their painful results.
I really think you don’t quite understand what exactly CBT is. Or at least you didn’t when you made your ridiculous statement that it’s “narishkeit” and that there are no studies proving it’s efficacy. Maybe now you do. I grow tired of this. My final word is that it is really wrong to discourage someone from getting a treatment that can vastly improve their life. I know the coffee room. I don’t post often, but I know you like to get your kicks by getting a rise out of people. But if you take a deep breath and step back and look at what you are doing, I think, maybe, you can see that you were wrong to just throw out such general, ignorant statements.