by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. In the past, we have devoted a substantial amount of attention to the ways in which we determine whether or not a particular form of therapy for a particular mental illness has established empirical support...
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December 17, 2009
Comparing apples to apples in psychotherapy research: The need for comparative treatment studies
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November 18, 2009
Family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders: A detailed discussion of the data
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. Back in April, I wrote an article on PBB discussing the empirical support for various treatments for anorexia nervosa (AN). The bulk of the article focused on family-based treatment (FBT) for child and adolescent AN,...
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November 13, 2009
Establishing empirical support for mental health treatments: Are we being fair to new forms of treatment?
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. Amidst the many articles Joye and I have written sharing findings from various psychological studies has been a scattering of articles critically examining what some believe to be unsubstantiated claims regarding both general psychological phenomena...
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June 15, 2009
Dolphin assisted therapy: A critique of the evidence
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. We spend a lot of time on Psychotherapy Brown Bag discussing treatments with varying levels of empirical support, with the central aim being to help readers learn about treatments for specific mental illnesses that have...
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April 30, 2009
Treating obsessive-compulsive disorder with exposure and ritual prevention
by Joye C. Anestis A few weeks ago, I described the symptoms, course, and correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). I also briefly mentioned treatments which have empirical support for OCD. The frontline psychotherapy for OCD is exposure and ritual prevention...
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April 24, 2009
Empirically-supported treatments in the “real world”: results from RCTs generalize to real-world clinical practice
by Joye C. Anestis One of the primary arguments raised against the categorization of empirically-supported treatments (ESTs) is a concern that the studies used to determine empirical support do not generalize to real-world therapy situations. The primary studies required to...
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