Psykologisk behandling & Psykoterapiforskning

• I was recently asked by the Norwegian editor of The Nordic Psychiatrist, Anne Kristine Bergem, if I could write a brief piece (400 words) outlining what I think is the most salient present issue for the field of psychotherapy. There are a host of salient issues pertaining to psychotherapy, but I decided to write a brief commentary entitled “The limited evidence for effectiveness of psychotherapy”. A less provoking and more precise title, however, would probably be “Can we be confident about estimates of treatment effects achieved in psychotherapy trials?” The entire issue of The Nordic Psychiatrist can be accessed here.

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