@article{428585, recid = {428585}, author = {Biegler, Paul,}, title = {The ethical treatment of depression autonomy through psychotherapy / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {MIT Press,}, address = {Cambridge, Mass. :}, pages = {1 online resource (x, 213 p.) :}, year = {2011}, note = {Description based on print version record.}, abstract = {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 of depressed patients. He concludes that medical practitioners have an ethical imperative to prescribe psychotherapy- cognitive behavior therapy in particular- for depression.--[book jacket]}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/428585}, }