Article/Link: " Talk Therapy Lifts Severe Schizophrenics " b y Benedict Carey Published: Oct. 3, 2011 ; Accessed: Oct. 19, 2011 Summary: The linked article talks about how scientists have discovered a method for Schizophrenic patients to potentially improve their lives. Such patients are known to be isolated and withdrawn. Scientists think that talk therapy (originally invented to help depression) can help bring them out of this, making them social and interactive. In the study, the therapy helped motivate them as well as showed reduced symptoms. Though the researchers doubt that community therapists will be able to bring about similar levels of improvement as the experts who performed the tests. One example they use is of a woman who made coffee at the clinic as part of the therapy and eventually got involved with the community clinic going on to cook for them. When the patients receiving the talk therapy along with their usual medication were compared with patients on jus...
Great song choice!
ReplyDeleteI grew up among bands like Eagles, Abba and the Bee Gees. Definitely appreciate my dad's taste in music.
Nostalgia!!! I remember one of my uncles performed this when i was child in one of my cousin's birthday, it was so much fun how everyone was singing along! Great choice!
ReplyDeleteYeah...I grew up with pretty much the same kind of music. Have always loved my dad's taste in music and owe a lot of my music collection to him.
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