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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

Although psychotherapy has been in existence for over a century, the field has struggled to build upon research findings with consistent, accumulating evidence. All of that supports the utility of assertiveness training as an important stand-alone clinical intervention. unassertiveness) or an intervention (e.g.

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What we know now about bridging the gap between research and practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

About two decades ago, psychologists who develop and study psychotherapy interventions began to recognize that publications on the efficacy of new psychotherapies were not sufficient to change practice. Are they able to make it to session weekly, and willing or able to engage in the interventions that comprise the EBPT?

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Clinicians and Clients Disagree: Implications for Evidence-Based Practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

This effort to develop and test interventions that offer demonstrable improvement in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) has yielded a lengthy list of Empirically Supported Treatments that can inform an EBP ( [link] ). Here again, though, recent evidence has suggested that it may not be as simple as trusting the clinician.

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Rethinking the sufficient dose needed for PTSD treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

By investigating the underlying mechanism of action in our earlier work, we were able to create an efficient and efficacious intervention that we hope will improve treatment access and the subsequent health, well-being and quality of life of people exposed to trauma and in need of treatment services. 2012; Nacasch et al., Reference Article.

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Medication, Behavioral Therapy, or Both? Examining Understudied Domains for Children with ADHD

Society of Clinical Psychology

To evaluate whether behavioral intervention could improve the sports performance of children with ADHD, we conducted a 2 (medication, placebo) x 2 (sports training, recreational play) between-groups study over three weeks in the STP. Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pelham, Jr.

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