Where's the science? The sorry state of psychotherapy

Saturday, October 3, 2009 - 04:00 in Psychology & Sociology

The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but many are falling short by using methods that are out of date and lack scientific rigor. This is in part because many of the training programs - especially some Doctorate of Psychology (PsyD) programs and for-profit training centres - are not grounded in science...

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