35. Does Psychotherapy Actually Work?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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0:00.0	I ate an avocado in 2018.
0:03.0	Why are Tyah vigorous healthy person now in 2021?
0:07.7	I'm Angela Duckworth.
0:09.8	I'm Stephen Dubner.
0:10.8	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:13.2	Today on the show, how effective is talk therapy really?
0:18.6	This calls into question everything that Angela Duckworth and all her colleagues have ever
0:23.0	said.
0:24.0	Also, is it normal to feel like there are multiple different versions of you?
0:28.4	Yes.
0:29.4	I am large.
0:30.4	I contain multitudes.
0:37.9	So Angela, I have a question you're going to hate today.
0:40.6	I can't wait to hear it.
0:42.9	So there's a new working paper by a trio of economists.
0:47.0	It's called the comparative impact of cash transfers and a psychotherapy program on psychological
0:54.1	and economic well-being.
0:55.1	In other words, what is more helpful for a population?
0:59.9	Giving them psychotherapy or giving them money?
1:02.8	Okay.
1:03.8	What they find?
1:04.8	Well, they find.
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