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Talk therapy is up, and use of psych meds without therapy is down, a study finds • May 5, 2025, 3:01 AM ET (NPR)

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Viktor Frankl

Austrian psychologist

Eugen Drewermann

German theologian, psychotherapist, and priest

George Weinberg

American clinical psychologist

Ludwig Binswanger

Swiss psychiatrist and writer