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Is THAT true? Judging Evidence by How Often its Repeated
I’m sure you’ve heard it repeated many times: The term, “evidence-based practice” refers to specific treatment approaches which have been tested in research and found to be effective; CBT is the most effective form of psychotherapy for anxiety and depression; Neuroscience has added valuable insights to the practice of psychotherapy in addition to establishing the… — read more
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Clinical Practice Guidelines: Beneficial Development or Bad Therapy?
A couple of weeks ago, the American Psychological Association (APA) released clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of people diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “Developed over four years using a rigorous process,” according to an article in the APA Monitor, these are the first of many additional recommendations of specific treatment methods for particular psychiatric diagnoses to be published… — read more
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Are all treatments approaches equally effective?
Bruce Wampold, Ph.D. Late yesterday, I blogged about a soon-to-be published article in Clinical Psychology Review in which the authors argue that the finding by Benish, Imel, & Wampold (2008) of equivalence in outcomes among treatments for PTSD was due to, "bias, overgeneralization, lack of transparency, and poor judgement." Which interpretation of the evidence is correct? Are there… — read more