Posted by SLS on April 7, 2006, at 19:42:14
In reply to Re: Drugs versus Psychotherapy - Backlash? » SLS, posted by linkadge on April 7, 2006, at 18:04:18
I appreciate the wealth of studies to be found on Medline reporting the efficacy of exercise in the treatment of depression in humans. I can't account for it. I must call into question the validity of their designs. These studies must be flawed because exercise doesn't work for me. ;-) They don't seem to be well-controlled, and the selection criteria are almost never divulged.
Thesis: Exercise is as effective as pharmacotherapy in the treatment of moderate to severe MDD.
If you ask me, I think all of the studies on Medline reporting parity between treatments in humans represent wishful thinking. Either that, or perhaps they are representative of a backlash against drug therapy. Either way, I don't believe they reflect real-world treatment outcomes.
I wish I had the armament to be able to refute the thesis, but I really don't have the energy to perform the research necessary to produce a cogent argument. Maybe someone else does. Either way, I know what does and doesn't work for me, and I know that exercise doesn't. n=1 Not much of a start, I know.
I guess this is a cop-out. Sorry.
Backlash. I can feel it. Ouch.
- Scott
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