Steven Dubovsky on why the interrelated mind and body should inform treatment.
In this brief video clip, Steven explains that clients are rarely cured by medication or therapy alone. “The two complement each other,” he says. “Medications are especially useful with issues like OCD and anxiety disorders. After reducing high levels of arousal, they make exposure, relaxation, and cognitive restructuring possible.”
In the Networker Webcast series Meds: Myths and Realities, Steven shares tips for opening up skeptical clients to the possibility of psychiatric treatment and shows you the best way to deal with clients who thinks meds are the quickest, easiest, and only road to recovery.
Topic: Psychopharmacology | Anxiety/Depression
Tags: anxiety disorders | diagnosing | DSM | mind and body | mind-body | ocd | psychiatric treatment | psychiatrist | therapy