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24 April 2024 Wednesday
Expert explained: Reading the right books improves depression and anxiety
Major depression, defined as a recurrent mental disorder that affects more than 300 million people worldwide and is one of the reasons for suicide of approximately one million people every year, causes deterioration in social adaptation, functionality and quality of life in individuals. Expert Psychiatrist Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alişan Burak Yaşar explained that research has shown that reading books based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy contributes to further resolving the symptoms in the treatment of depression, which causes a significant loss of workforce and an economic burden for the society.
Stating that antidepressant drugs are frequently used in the treatment of depression, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alişan Burak Yaşar from Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, said that bibliotherapy is a significant additional "medicine" for patients who have difficulty accessing psychotherapy.
