tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post440664131634057160..comments2024-03-27T10:50:53.692-05:00Comments on Real Psychiatry: Remind Me Why Managed Care Companies Don't Offer Computerized Psychotherapy?George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-71281107767393091222016-11-12T22:59:01.450-06:002016-11-12T22:59:01.450-06:00I think that mindfulness works. Like most things ...I think that mindfulness works. Like most things it will not work for everyone. It might be useful to figure out why you are getting agitated. Exhortations might be part of it. One of the advantages of computerized psychotherapy is that there are no exhortations.<br /><br />On the other hand if exercise works that may be all that you need.<br /><br />The main point is to be able to make adaptive changes and exercise, food and diet, a regular sleep-awake cycle, and various forms of learning can help a person make that transition. It is always better to have a effective strategies that work than not having those strategies.George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-44197552339321327372016-11-11T13:49:44.036-06:002016-11-11T13:49:44.036-06:00Do you really think mindfulness "works?"...Do you really think mindfulness "works?" It seems to have a paradoxic effect on me. Exhortations (no matter how kind or gentle) for me to "learn how to calm" myself seem to result in greater agitation. Only physical exertion produces a degree of calming. Psychologic reasearch appears to suffer from a fading of positive findings - one study will show fairly impressive beneficial effects for the patient, but with follow-up studies the effects seem to deteriorate from "truth" to "truthiness"big_mr_poohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498127806500450809noreply@blogger.com