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How do we find out what works for whom? Evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of psychotherapy
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Date Issued
2003-01
Date Available
2014-04-04T11:46:49Z
Abstract
Controlled randomized clinical trials of psychotherapy have traditionally been used to test
the efficacy of specific forms of psychotherapy for specific problems. The value of findings
from such efficacy studies for practicing psychotherapists has been questioned because
these studies involve clients and therapy procedures that are radically different from those
typically used in routine clinical practice. Opponents of efficacy research have proposed
health service-based effectiveness research as a more valuable alternative to efficacy
research. Arguments for and against rigorously controlled efficacy research on the one
hand, and 'real-world' effectiveness research on the other are explored in this paper.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Journal
Eisteacht
Volume
2
Issue
26
Start Page
24
End Page
31
Copyright (Published Version)
2003 Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1393-3582
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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