Controlling is not enough: The importance of measuring the process and specific effectiveness of psychotherapy treatment and control conditions

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-42

  Castonguay, Louis G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control group; Ethics; Psychotherapy research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL GROUPS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 0036043442     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327019EB1201_2     Document Type: Article

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