In the US it seems like it is extremely in vogue to talk about trauma and PTSD. From a layman's POV, it seems pretty obvious that talking about something very often (whether it be with a therapist or just friends) would elevate the amount of times someone thinks of something. From my understanding of the paper, this drug is a success if it lowers the amount of time someone thinks of a traumatic memory
>We found that participants receiving hydrocortisone showed a faster reduction in daily intrusion frequency. Voluntary memory was assessed once, at the end of the week, but was unaffected by hydrocortisone.
Ultimately I see some contradictions in what the goal of different types of psychiatry/therapy is. Is the end goal to just be as happy and functional as possible? Is it to avoid the worst case scenarios the most while not caring as much about baseline? Or is there a moral/humanistic good to processing the world even if it results in being less happy and more functional in concrete tasks?
I'm really not an expert in any of these things - but it does sometimes bother me that the discourse on this is jointed. I think it comes up in political/cultural talk quite often.
>We found that participants receiving hydrocortisone showed a faster reduction in daily intrusion frequency. Voluntary memory was assessed once, at the end of the week, but was unaffected by hydrocortisone.
Ultimately I see some contradictions in what the goal of different types of psychiatry/therapy is. Is the end goal to just be as happy and functional as possible? Is it to avoid the worst case scenarios the most while not caring as much about baseline? Or is there a moral/humanistic good to processing the world even if it results in being less happy and more functional in concrete tasks?
I'm really not an expert in any of these things - but it does sometimes bother me that the discourse on this is jointed. I think it comes up in political/cultural talk quite often.