psychotherapy

Pretty ironic seeing one of Lancet’s subjournals publishing an editorial calling out the unregulated nature of psychological interventions. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30414-4

This post has been copied and the following discussion moved from this thread: Paul Garner on Long Covid and ME/CFS. BMJ articles. There it is again. The use of the term "mind-body dualism" as a way of impugning those who believe any disease cannot be made better by thinking the right...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.2721 (Thanks to @JohnTheJack)

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30414-4/fulltext sci-hub.se/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30414-4 ("develop specific standards about the type and quantity of evidence required" imo quality needs to be in there; eg getting non-psych hps to review the evidence)

Full title: Ethical Psychotherapeutic Management of Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms: The Risk of Misdiagnosis and Harm Diane O'Leary and Keith Geraghty https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198817338.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198817338-e-72 Edited to break...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cpp.2042 Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy Research Article A Novel Approach to Treating CFS and Co‐morbid Health Anxiety: A Case Study Jo Daniels Maria E. Loades First published: 06 October 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2042 This post...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/papt.12294 eta: paper was referenced here https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/physical-activity-in-a-pandemic-a-new-treatment-target-for-psychological-therapy

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895435620302080

The abstract is very long (see below) so I will highlight the conclusion: Abstract https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32681745/ Am I wrong, or are scandinavian psychologists more and more critical of the doxa? Edit: paragraph breaks are mine.

Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions to Improve Quality of Life in People With Long-Term Conditions: Rapid Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials Niall Anderson 1 2 , Gozde Ozakinci 3 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29587884/ eta: posted this study as is basis of...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022399919304672

Paywall, https://www.jocn-journal.com/article/S0967-5868(19)31448-1/fulltext Sci hub, not available via.

Psychosocial research: still not acknowledging failings (unless you look beyond the abstract) - (original title of thread) August 22, 2019 Quantifying the Association Between Psychotherapy Content and Clinical Outcomes Using Deep Learning Really? still only questionnaires, subjective...

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02317/full

Don't have access to the full article: BJPsych Advances: Volume 24, Issue 6 November 2018 , pp. 402-411 Horses for courses: choosing an evidence-based psychological therapy for your patient "There are many different approaches to choose from and many have not been subjected to rigorous...

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/71D73CADE32C0D3D996DABEA3FCDBF57/S0033291718001873a.pdf/cumulative_effect_of_reporting_and_citation_biases_on_the_apparent_efficacy_of_treatments_the_case_of_depression.pdf

Right, of course it can.. ;) https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/5/17/17276452/chronic-pain-treatment-psychology-cbt-mindfulness-evidence

"The Panel Consultant psychiatrist Sir Simon Wessely, sociologist Steve Fuller, and clinical psychologist Richard Bentall debate the value of psychotherapy." Just watched this discussion from about 6 years(?) ago. It actually goes more into the power of the psychiatrists both over their...

Posting for the insight it provides into psychotherapists thinking. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893720

Good old psychs, making the world worse for whoever they can get their hands on. :mad: (OK, there must be some good ones, I'll admit that, I just struggle to believe that the good they achieve outweighs the bad of all the rest.)...