| According to the World Health Organization,depression has become a global disease,with more than 300 million people suffering from depression in the world,and this number is still rising.However,human studies are still in its infancy for depression and mental disorders.With the development of brain science,depression is considered as a disease due to brain dysfunction,hypothesis like neurotransmitters,hippocampus and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis got a wider range of recognition.However,this discovery led to emphasizing on the drug treatment and underestimating cognitive therapy,and drug abuse.Medical model means there is a definitive correspondence between drugs and depressive symptoms,but it is not applicable to mental disorders.On the other hand,biological-psychological-social medical model and the relationship between depression and cognition provide endorsement for cognitive therapy,depression is not only a disease of the brain,but also closely related to cognition,belief and living environment.This is the premise of philosophy in the treatment of depression.Many psychological consultations also draw on philosophical methods in practice.Philosophical consultants guide visitors to check their own beliefs with the methods of Socratic Dialogue and logical analysis,which creates the possibility for them to re-understand themselves and iii reset the belief system.Philosophical practice treats depression mainly divided into two steps,the first step is to make clients and questions separated through the externalization dialogue,problems can be appeared and clarified,and then form a conceptual space to solve the problem.The second step is to reinforce the corrected cognition and help clients move from counseling rooms to real life through action and practice.In addition,philosophical practice can be conducted in the form of group counseling,be in a group helps to eliminate the sense of nihility of participants and encourages them to express themselves in the group atmosphere. |
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