Empirically supported psychological interventions: Controversies and evidence

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2001, Pages 685-716

  Chambless, Dianne L ^a   Ollendick, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirically supported therapies; Empirically validated treatments; Psychotherapy effectiveness; Psychotherapy efficacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035221583     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.685     Document Type: Article

References (85)

1. Addis ME, Krasnow AD. 2000. A national survey of practicing psychologists' attitudes toward psychotherapy treatment manuals. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 68:331-39
2. Addis ME, Wade WA, Hatgis C. 1999. Barriers to dissemination of evidence-based practices: addressing practitioners' concerns about manual-based psychotherapies. Clin. Psychol. Sci. Pract. 4:430-41
3. Am. Psychiatr. Assoc. 1994. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Washington, DC: Am. Psychiatr. Assoc. 886 pp. 4th ed.
4. Am. Psychol. Assoc. 1996. Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology. Washington, DC: Am. Psychol. Assoc.
5. Barlow DH, Craske MG. 1994. Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic, Vol. II. Albany, NY: Graywind. 150 pp.
6. Beutler LE. 1998. Identifying empirically supported treatments: What if we didn't? J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 66:113-20
7. Beutler LE, Clarkin J, Bongar B. 2000. Guidelines for the Systematic Treatment of the Depressed Patient. Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ. Press. 455 pp.
8. Beutler LE, Engle D, Mohr D, Daldrup RJ, Bergan J, et al. 1991. Predictors of differential response to cognitive, experiential, and self-directed psychotherapeutic procedures. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 59:333-40
9. Beutler LE, Kim JE, Davison E, Karno M, Fisher D. 1996. Research contributions to improving managed health care outcomes. Psychotherapy 33:197-206
10. Blatt SJ, Zuroff DC, Bondi CM, Sanisolow CA III. 2000. Short and long-term effects of medication and psychotherapy in the brief treatment of depression: further analyses of data from the NIMH TDCRP. Psychother. Res. 10:215-34
11. Bohart AD, O'Hara M, Leitner LM. 1998. Empirically violated treatments: disenfranchisement of humanistic and other psychotherapies. Psychother. Res. 8:141-57
12. Borkovec TD, Costello E. 1993. Efficacy of applied relaxation and cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 61:611-19
13. Brent DA, Holder D, Kolko D, Birmaher B, Baugher M, et al. 1997. A clinical psychotherapy trial for adolescent depression comparing cognitive, family, and supportive therapy. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 54:877-85
14. Can. Psychol. 1999. Symposium: empirically supported treatments in psychology. 40:289-327
15. Casey RJ, Berman JS. 1985. The outcome of psychotherapy with children. Psychol. Bull. 98:388-400
16. Castonguay LG, Goldfried MR, Wiser S, Raue PJ, Hayes AM. 1996. Predicting the effect of cognitive therapy for depression: a study of unique and common factors. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 64:497-504
17. Chambless DL, Baker M, Baucom DH, Beutler LE, Calhoun KS, et al. 1998. Update on empirically validated therapies, II. Clin. Psychol. 51(1):3-16
18. Chambless DL, Hollon SD. 1998. Defining empirically supported therapies. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 66:7-18
19. Chambless DL, Sanderson WC, Shoham V, Bennett Johnson S, Pope KS, et al. 1996. An update on empirically validated therapies. Clin. Psychol. 49(2):5-18
20. Crits-Christoph P, Frank E, Chambless DL, Brody C, Karp JF. 1995. Training in empirically-validated treatments: What are clinical psychology students learning? Prof. Psychol. Res. Pract. 26:514-22
21. Elkin I, Gibbons RD, Shea MT, Sotsky SM, Watkins JT, Pilkonis PA. 1995. Initial severity and differential treatment outcome in the National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 63:841-47
22. Elkin I, Shea T, Watkins JT, Imber SD, Sotsky SM, et al. 1989. National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program: general effectiveness of treatments. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 46:971-82
23. Elliott RE. 1998a. Editor's introduction: a guide to the empirically supported treatments controversy. Psychother. Res. 8:115-25
24. Elliott RE, ed. 1998b. The empirically supported treatments controversy. Psychother. Res. 8:115-70 (special issue)
25. Emmelkamp PMG, Bouman T, Blaauw E. 1994. Individualized versus standardized therapy: a comparative evaluation with obsessive-compulsive patients. Clin. Psychol. Psychother. 1:95-100
26. Fals-Stewart W, Marks AP, Schafer J. 1993. A comparison of behavioral group therapy and individual behavior therapy in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 181:189-93
27. Fonagy P. 1999. Achieving evidence-based psychotherapy practice: a psychodynamic perspective on the general acceptance of treatment manuals. Clin. Psychol. Sci. Pract. 6:442-44
28. Fonagy P, Target M. 1996. Should we allow psychotherapy research to determine clinical practice? Clin. Psychol. Sci. Pract. 3: 245-50
29. Frank E, Kupfer DJ, Wagner EF, McEachran AB, Cornes C. 1991. Efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy as a maintenance treatment of recurrent depression: contributing factors. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 48:1053-59
30. Garfield SL. 1996. Some problems with "validated" forms of psychotherapy. Clin. Psychol. Sci. Pract. 3:218-29
31. Gatz M, Fiske A, Fox LS, Kaskie B, Kasl-Godley JE, et al. 1998. Empirically validated psychological treatments for older adults. J. Ment. Health Aging 41:9-46
32. Gladis MM, Gosch EA, Dishuk NM, Crits-Christoph P. 1999. Quality of life: expanding the scope of clinical significance. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 67:320-31
33. Henry WP. 1998. Science, politics, and the politics of science: the use and misuse of empirically validated treatments. Psychother. Res. 8:126-40
34. Hoagwood K, Hibbs E, Brent D, Jensen P. 1995. Introduction to the special section: efficacy and effectiveness in studies of child and adolescent psychotherapy. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 63:683-87
35. Hodgson R, Rachman S, Marks IM. 1972. The treatment of chronic obsessive-compulsive neurosis: follow-up and further findings. Behav. Res. Ther. 10:181-89
36. Horvarth AO, Symonds DB. 1991. Relationship between working alliance and outcome in psychotherapy: a meta-analysis. J. Couns. Psychol. 38:139-49
37. Howard KI, Lueger RJ, Maling MS, Martinovich Z. 1993. A phase model of psychotherapy outcome: causal mediation of change. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 61:678-85
38. Hunsley J, Dobson KS, Johnston C, Mikail SF. 1999. Empirically supported treatments in psychology: implications for Canadian professional psychology. Can. Psychol. 40:289-302
39. Jacobson NS, Dobson KS, Truax PA, Addis ME, Koerner K, et al. 1996. A component analysis of cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 64:295-304
40. Jacobson NS, Schmaling KB, Holtzworth-Munroe A, Katt JL, Wood LF, et al. 1989. Research-structured vs. clinically flexible versions of social learning-based marital therapy. Behav. Res. Ther. 27:173-80
41. J. Clin. Child Psychol. 1998. Special issue: empirically supported psychosocial interventions for children. 27:138-226
42. Kazdin AE, ed. 1996. Validated treatments: multiple perspectives and issues. Clin. Psychol. Sci. Pract. 3:216-67 (special issue)
43. Kendall PC, Chambless DL, eds. 1998. Empirically supported psychological therapies. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 66:3-167 (special issue)
44. Kendall PC, Chu B, Gifford A, Hayes C, Nauta M. 1998. Breathing life into a manual: flexibility and creativity with manual-based treatments. Cogn. Behav. Pract. 5:177-98
45. Kovacs AL. 1996. Winter: "We have met the enemy and he is us!" AAP Adv., pp. 6, 19, 20, 22
46. Krupnick JL, Sotsky SM, Simmens S, Moyer I, Elkin I, et al. 1996. The role of the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy outcome: findings in the NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 64:532-39
47. Lambert MJ. 1998. Manual-based treatment and clinical practice: hangman of life or promising development? Clin. Psychol. Sci. Pract. 5:391-95
48. Lindsay M, Crino R, Andrews G. 1997. Controlled trial of exposure and response prevention in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Br. J. Psychiatry 171:135-39
49. Marks IM, Hodgson R, Rachman S. 1975. Treatment of chronic obsessive-compulsive neurosis by in-vivo exposure: a two-year follow-up and issues in treatment. Br. J. Psychiatry 127:349-64
50. Moras K. 1993. The use of treatment manuals to train psychotherapists: observations and recommendations. Psychotherapy 30:581-86
51. Moras K. 1998. Internal and external validity of intervention studies. In Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, ed. AS Bellack, M Hersen, 3:201-24. Oxford, UK: Elsevier. 380 pp.
52. Nathan PE, Gorman JM, eds. 1998. A Guide to Treatments That Work. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 594 pp.
53. Ollendick TH. 1995. Cognitive-behavioral treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia in adolescents: a multiple baseline design analysis. Behav. Ther. 26:517-31
54. Ollendick TH, King NJ. 1998. Empirically supported treatments for children with phobic and anxiety disorders: current status. J. Clin. Child Psychol. 27:156-67
55. Ollendick TH, King NJ. 2000. Empirically supported treatments for children and adolescents. In Child and Adolescent Therapy, ed. PC Kendall, pp. 386-425. New York: Guilford. 436 pp. 2nd ed.
56. Organista KC, Munoz RF, Gonzalez G. 1994. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression in low-income and minority medial outpatients: description of a program and exploratory analyses. Cogn. Ther. Res. 18:241-59
57. Parry G. 1996. NHS Psychotherapy Services in England, Rep. 96PP0043. London: Dep. Health. 112 pp.
58. Persons JB, Bostrom A, Bertagnolli A. 1999. Results of randomized controlled trials of cognitive therapy for depression generalize to private practice. Cogn. Ther. Res. 23:535-48
59. Persons JB, Burns DB, Perloff JM. 1988. Predictors of dropout and outcome in cognitive therapy for depression in a private practice setting. Cogn. Ther. Res. 12:557-75
60. Peterson AL, Halstead TS. 1998. Group cognitive behavior therapy for depression in a community setting: a clinical replication series. Behav. Ther. 29:3-18
61. Roth AD, Fonagy P. 1996. What Works for Whom? A Critical Review of Psychotherapy Research. New York: Guilford. 484 pp.
62. Sackett DL, Richardson WS, Rosenberg W, Haynes RB. 1997. Evidence-Based Medicine. New York: Churchill Livingstone. 250 pp.
63. Sanderson WC, Raue PJ, Wetzler S. 1998. The generalizability of cognitive behavior therapy for panic disorder. J. Cogn. Psychother. 12:323-30
64. Sanderson WC, Woody SR. 1995. Manuals for empirically validated treatments: a project of the Task Force on Psychological Interventions. Clin. Psychol. 48(4):7-11
65. Schulte D, Kunzel R, Pepping G, Schulte-Bahrenberg T. 1992. Tailor-made versus standardized therapy of phobic patients. Adv. Behav. Res. Ther. 14:67-92
66. Scotti JR, Morris TL, McNeil CB, Hawkins RP. 1996. DSM-IV and disorders of childhood and adolescents: Can structural criteria be functional? J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 64:1177-91
67. Seligman MEP. 1995. The effectiveness of psychotherapy: the Consumer Reports study. Am. Psychol. 50:965-74
68. Shapiro DA, Shapiro D. 1982. Meta-analysis of comparative therapy outcome studies: a replication and refinement. Psychol. Bull 92:581-604
69. Shaw BF, Elkin I, Yamaguchi J, Olmsted M, Vallis TM, et al. 1999. Therapist competence ratings in relation to clinical outcome in cognitive therapy of depression. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 67:837-46
70. Silverman WH. 1996. Cookbooks, manuals, and paint-by-numbers: psychotherapy in the 90's. Psychotherapy 33:207-15
71. Smith EWL. 1995. A passionate, rational response to the "manualization" of psychotherapy. Psychother. Bull. 30:36-40
72. Spirito A, ed. 1999. Empirically supported treatments in pediatric psychology. J. Pediatr. Psychol. 24:87-174 (special issue)
73. Stark K, Rouse L, Livingston R. 1991. Treatment of depression during childhood and adolescence: cognitive-behavioral procedures for the individual and family. In Child and Adolescent Therapy, ed. PC Kendall, pp. 165-206. New York: Guilford. 436 pp.
74. Strauss BM, Kaechele H. 1998. The writing on the wall: comments on the current discussion about empirically validated treatments in Germany. Psychother. Res. 8:158-77
75. Task Force Promot. Dissem. Psychol. Pro-cedures. 1995. Training in and dissemination of empirically-validated psychological treatments: report and recommendations. Clin. Psychol. 48(1):3-23
76. Taylor TK, Schmidt F, Pepler D, Hodgins C. 1998. A comparison of eclectic treatment with Webster-Stratton's parents and children series in a children's mental health setting: a randomized controlled trial. Behav. Ther. 29:221-40
77. Telch MJ, Schmidt NB, Jaimez L, Jacquin KM, Harrington PJ. 1995. Impact of cognitive-behavioral treatment on quality of life in panic disorder patients. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 63:823-30
78. Thompson LW, Gallagher E, Steinmetz Breckenridge J. 1987. Comparative effectiveness of psychotherapies for depressed elders. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 55:385-90
79. Tynan WD, Schuman W, Lampert N. 1999. Concurrent parent and child therapy groups for externalizing disorders: from the laboratory to the world of managed care. Cogn. Behav. Pract. 6:3-9
80. Wade WA, Treat TA, Stuart GL. 1998. Transporting an empirically supported treatment for panic disorder to a service clinic setting: a benchmarking strategy. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 66:231-39
81. Wampold BE, Mondin GW, Moody M, Stich F, Benson K, et al. 1997. A meta-analysis of outcome studies comparing bona fide psychotherapies: empirically, "All must have prizes." Psychol. Bull. 122:203-15
82. Weisz JR, Weiss B, Han SS, Granger DA, Morton T. 1995. Effects of psychotherapy with children and adolescents revisited: a meta-analysis of treatment outcome studies. Psychol. Bull. 117:450-68
83. Wilson GT. 1998. Manual-based treatment and clinical practice. Clin. Psychol. Sci. Pract. 5:363-75
84. Wilson JJ, Gil KM. 1996. The efficacy of psychological and pharmacological interventions for the treatment of chronic disease-related and non-disease-related pain. Clin. Psychol. Rev. 16:573-97
85. Woody SR, Sanderson WC. 1998. Manuals for empirically supported treatments: 1998 update. Clin. Psychol. 51(1):17-21