Do psychotherapies have specific effects? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The authors provide a critical review of the evidence from psychotherapy outcome research for and against the assumption that specific techniques produce specific effects. They describe the refinement in research and methodology that will be necessary to document specific effects.

publication date

  • April 1, 1985

Research

keywords

  • Mental Disorders
  • Psychotherapy

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021989857

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1985.39.2.159

PubMed ID

  • 4014518

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 39

issue

  • 2