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A control group whose members meet regularly with a clinician but receive no “active” treatment. |
Attention Only Control Group |
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The release of emotions |
Catharsis |
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A set of features that characterize many therapy orientations and that may be the source of the positive changes effected by psychological treatment. |
Common Factors |
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In psychotherapy research, the group that does not receive the treatment under investigation |
Control Group |
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The changeability of a condition or behavior. (The “deeper” the condition, the less changeable it is perceived to be.) |
The Depth of the Problem |
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The size of the treatment effect (determined statistically). |
Effect Size |
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Studies that emphasize external validity and the representativeness of the treatment that is administered. A treatment is considered effective to the extent that clients report clinically significant benefit from the treatment |
Effectiveness Studies |
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Studies that place a premium on internal validity by controlling the types of clients in the study, by standardizing the treatments, and by randomly assigning patients to treatment or no-treatment groups. |
Efficacy Studies |
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to the extent that the average person receiving the treatment in clinical trials is demonstrated to be significantly less dysfunctional than the average person not receiving any treatment (e.g., those on a waiting list for treatment). |
Efficacious (Efficacy Studies) |
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Treatments for various psychological conditionsthat have been shown through careful empiricalstudy to be either “well established” or “probably efficacious.” |
empirically supported treatments (ESTs) |
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A list of ESTs is updated and published periodically by the APA’s Division of Clinical Psychology. |
empirically supported treatments (ESTs) |
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Those interventions or techniques that have produced significant change in clients and patients in controlled trials. |
evidence-based treatments (EBTs) |
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Treatments informed by a number of sources, including scientific evidence about the intervention, clinical expertise, and patient needs and preferences. |
Evidence Based Practice (EBP) |
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The therapist’s demonstration of competence |
Expert Role |
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In the context of psychotherapy, the achievement of understanding the nature and origins of one’s problems. |
Insight |
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In the context of psychotherapy, the therapist’s conceptualization of the meaning behind the patient’s experiences or behaviors |
Interpretation |
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Psychotherapeutic treatment that is presented and described in a standardized, manual format (i.e., outlining the rationales, goals, and techniques that correspond to each phase of the treatment). |
Manualized Treatment |
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The acquisition of a high level of knowledge or skill. |
Mastery |
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One goal of psychotherapy may be for the patient to develop competence/ mastery in a particular area. |
Mastery |
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A method of research in which one compiles all studies relevant to a topic or question and combines the results statistically. |
Meta Analysis |
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Factors that are not specific to any particular therapy orientation yet contribute to a positive treatment outcome (e.g., the expectation that one will improve). |
Nonspecific Factors |
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In psychotherapy research,indicators of patient functioning following treatment, used to gauge the treatmenteffectiveness. |
Outcome Measures |
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Individuals without advanced education in psychology who have been trained to assist professional mental health workers. |
Paraprofessionals |
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How well a patient is getting along across a number of domains (e.g., psychological, social/interpersonal, occupational). |
Patient Functioning |
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Research that investigates the specific events that occur in the course of the interaction between therapist and patient. Some therapy processes have been shown to relate to treatment outcome. |
Process Research |
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A method of inducing changes in a person’s behavior, thoughts, or feelings. |
Psychological Intervention |
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A series of stages that represent a given client’s readiness for change in psychotherapy. |
Stages of Change |
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Stages of Changes (6) |
1. precontemplation, 2. contemplation, 3. preparation, 4. action, 5. maintenance, 6. termination. |
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The relationship between therapist and patient. The forging of a strong therapeutic alliance is believed to be of primary importance for therapeutic change. |
Therapeutic Alliance |
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In psychotherapy research, the group that receives the treatment under investigation. |
Treatment Group |
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A control group whose members receive treatment only after the study is completed. |
Waiting List Control Group |