Empirically supported complexity: Rethinking evidence-based practice in psychotherapy

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 266-271

  Westen, Drew ^a,b   Bradley, Rebekah ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Empirically supported therapy; Evidence based practice; Exclusion criteria; Generalizability; Multidimensional meta analysis; Psychotherapy; Treatment research

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744442992     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00378.x     Document Type: Review

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