Neil S. Jacobson

TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest new standards and conventions for classifying therapy subjects into categories of improved, unimproved, and deteriorated based on response to treatment, and a two-fold criterion for determining improvement in a client is recommended, based on both statistical reliability and clinical significance.

TL;DR: This article summarizes and scrutinizes the growth of the development of clinically relevant and psychometrically sound approaches for determining the clinical significance of treatment effects in mental health research by tracing its evolution, by examining modifications in the method, and by discussing representative applications.

TL;DR: Manipulation checks should be used in psychotherapy trials to confirm that therapists followed the treatment manuals and performed the therapy competently.

TL;DR: The techniques described in this article are the familiar ones of establishing contracts and contigencies and training in communication and problem-solving skills, and they are eminently teachable.

TL;DR: It is suggested that behavioral activation may be nearly as enduring as cognitive therapy and that both psychotherapies are less expensive and longer lasting alternatives to medication in the treatment of depression.