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Exploring Agentic Treatments for Anxiety and Depression
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | White, Tyler H. |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Agency and mental illness are hypothesized to be related. Agency may contribute to mental illness (specifically, anxiety and depression) by the impact of the vast amount of choices one has to make in life (LeMoyne & Buchanan, 2011; Schwartz, 2004). Effective treatment for the mentally ill targets causes of mental disorders, so if agency is related to mental illnesses, then logically it should be incorporated in treatment (Pierre, 2014). Agentic treatment, which is any form of treatment that explicitly acknowledges the importance and the reality of agency, has been shown to be effective (Myers, 2016; Patterson et al., 2016; Slife, 2004). Effective agentic treatment includes autonomy groups (to support and strengthen the autonomy of an individual), awareness of alexithymia (a subgroup of autonomy), existentialism (with an emphasis on agency), and theistic existentialism (with an emphasis on agency and spirituality) (Bartz, 2009; Bekker & Croon, 2010; Craig, Vos, Cooper, & Correia, 2016; Eick, 2014; Hungr, Ogrodniczuk, & Sochting, 2016; Piltch, 2016; Rutten et al., 2016). As the effectiveness of these approaches is explored, utilizing them in treatment for the mentally ill will likely be beneficial. |
| Starting Page | 10 |
| Ending Page | 10 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1215&context=intuition |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
