Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about material facts -- Autonomy : the importance of justified beliefs about affect -- Depression : disorder of affect, disorder of autonomy -- Understanding negative biases promotes autonomy in depression -- Understanding causal st…
In this book, Paul Biegler argues that the insights patients gain from the therapeutic process promote autonomy. He shows that depression is a disorder in which autonomy is routinely and extensively undermined and that physicians have a moral obligation to promote the autonomy o…
Is there is a moral imperative on physicians to refer patients with mental depression for psychotherapy rather that treating the ailment with drugs? Psychotherapy, in particular cognitive behavior therapy, promotes autonomy & it is the loss of autonomy, argues Paul Biegler, that…