The effectiveness of psychotherapy. The Consumer Reports study.
The effectiveness of psychotherapy. The Consumer Reports study.
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心理治疗的有效性。
DOI:
10.1037//0003-066x.50.12.965
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发表时间:
1995
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通讯作者:
Seligman,ME
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作者:
Seligman,ME
Consumer Reports (1995, November) published an article which concluded that patients benefitted very substantially from psychotherapy, that long-term treatment did considerably better than short-term treatment, and that psychotherapy alone did not differ in effectiveness from medication plus psychotherapy. Furthermore, no specific modality of psychotherapy did better than any other for any disorder; psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers did not differ in their effectiveness as treaters; and all did better than marriage counselors and long-term family doctoring. Patients whose length of therapy or choice of therapist was limited by insurance or managed care did worse. The methodological virtues and drawbacks of this large-scale survey are examined and contrasted with the more traditional efficacy study, in which patients are randomized into a manualized, fixed duration treatment or into control groups. I conclude that the Consumer Reports survey complements the efficacy method, and that the best features of these two methods can be combined into a more ideal method that will best provide empirical validation of psychotherapy.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)