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Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change
01 Jan 1986-
TL;DR: The NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program: Where We Began and Where We Are (I. Elkin, et al. as discussed by the authors ) presents a methodology, design, and evaluation in psychotherapy research.
Abstract: Methodology, Design, and Evaluation in Psychotherapy Research (A. Kazdin). Assessing Psychotherapy Outcomes and Processes (M. Lambert & C. Hill). The NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program: Where We Began and Where We Are (I. Elkin). The Effectiveness of Psychotherapy (M. Lambert & A. Bergin). Research on Client Variables in Psychotherapy (S. Garfield). Therapist Variables (L. Beutler, et al.). Process and Outcome in PsychotherapyNoch Einmal (D. Orlinsky, et al.). Behavior Therapy with Adults (P. Emmelkamp). Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (S. Hollon & A. Beck). Psychodynamic Approaches (W. Henry, et al.). Research on Experiential Psychotherapies (L. Greenberg, et al.). Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents (A. Kazdin). The Process and Outcome of Marital and Family Therapy: Reseach Review and Evaluation (J. Alexander, et al.). Experiential Group Research (R. Bednar & T. Kaul). Research on Brief Psychotherapy (M. Koss & J. Shiang). Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology (E. Blanchard). Medication and Psychotherapy (G. Klerman, et al.). Research on Psychotherapy with Culturally Diverse Populations (S. Sue, et al.). Overview, Trends, and Future Issues (A. Bergin & S. Garfield). Indexes.
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TL;DR: A sample of the considerable empirical support that exists for the utility and validity of a variety of psychological tests for a wide range of clinical health care applications is reviewed.
Abstract: Psychologists in health care settings today find it increasingly difficult to obtain authorization and appropriate reimbursement for psychological assessments from 3rd party payers. Authorization and reimbursement denials often are based on allegations that empirical support for the utility and validity of psychological tests is nonexistent or limited. This article reviews a sample of the considerable empirical support that exists for the utility and validity of a variety of psychological tests for a wide range of clinical health care applications. Informed by data such as these, psychologists should become more effective in their abilities to seek authorization and reimbursement for assessment and overturning denials.
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...Predicting psychotherapy, forensic, and general mental health and behavioral outcomes has proven to be a formidable task (Garfield, 1994; Luborsky, Chandler, Auerbach, Cohen, & Bachrach, 1971)....
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TL;DR: The findings highlight the utility of Behavioral Methods/Homework in combined treatment for promoting early session-to-session symptom change in cognitive therapy for depression.
Abstract: Objective: Previous studies of cognitive therapy (CT) for depression have examined therapist adherence and the therapeutic alliance as predictors of subsequent symptom change. However, little is known about these CT process variables when CT is delivered in combination with antidepressant medication. Method: In a sample of 176 depressed outpatients randomized to the combined condition of a clinical trial, we examined ratings of adherence and alliance as predictors of subsequent session-to-session symptom change across early CT sessions. Results: Both adherence to Behavioral Methods/Homework and the therapeutic alliance significantly predicted session-to-session symptom change. In models in which patients’ medication regimen and prior symptom change were covaried, only Behavioral Methods/ Homework remained a significant predictor of subsequent symptom change. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the utility of Behavioral Methods/Homework in combined treatment for promoting early session-to-session symptom change.
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TL;DR: The authors applied the meta-analysis technique to school-based studies of psychotherapy and found that psychotherapy in the schools can be viewed as at least moderately effective, and evidence was also found of the greater efficacy of group and behavioral theory interventions and interventions that target observed behaviors and problem-solving abilities.
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TL;DR: A review of recent research on dynamic psychotherapy can be found in this paper, where a set of theoretical propositions derived from psychoanalytic psychotherapy are discussed, along with the quantitative research that has been developed to evaluate them.
Abstract: In this article, we review recent research based on a set of theoretical propositions derived from psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Research strategies are sometimes classified into those that are closely bound to theory and those that are purely empirical. However, as Popper (1963) argued, all observations are theoretically driven, either explicitly or implicitly. Popper thought that findings from research explicitly addressing critical aspects of theories would be more likely to lead to the advance of knowledge, because such experiments would lead to the generation of improved theories. We have followed Popper's prescriptions by focusing the review on research on explicit theoretical propositions. Our review covers many of the main theoretical propositions of dynamic psychotherapy along with the quantitative research that has been developed to evaluate them. The term dynamic applies to the most widely practiced of the psychodynamic or psychoanalytic orientations. They are defined most simply by G. Klein (1970) as entailing a focus on achieving understanding of intentionality (motivation) from the point of view of the patient. Primarily during the past two decades, theory-based research on dynamic psychotherapy has begun to prosper. Before that time, most of the literature was either of a theoretical nature without explicit attention to systematic empirical support or was based on clinical observations from a small number of patients. Moreover, few systematic efforts at developing methods to measure and test the theories were reported. Much recent research is barely known even to its numerous practitioners, and we hope that our review can begin to fill this information gap. Because there is such diversity among psychodynamic theo
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...The foregoing research suggests that symptom characteristics, of themselves, are of little value for planning specific and differentially effective treatment programs (Lambert, Shapiro, & Bergin, 1986)....
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