Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Psychological Intervention, Clinical Psychology, Therapeutic Relationship

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Psychological intervention method of inducing changes in a person"s behaviour, thoughts or feelings. Psychotherapy resulted in some improvement for the majority of respondents. Those who felt the worst before treatment began reported the most improvement. As for which types of mental health professionals were most helpful, psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers all received high marks. All appeared to be equally effective even after controlling for severity and type of psychological problem. Respondents who received psychotherapy alone improved as much as those who received psychotherapy plus medication as part of their treatment. In this survey, longer treatment (more sessions) was related to more improvement. Evidence based treatment and evidence based practice: evidence based treatment (ebt) Refers to those interventions or techniques that have produced signi cant change in clients and patients in controlled trials. Comparing those that receive the treatment to those in the control group: evidence based practice (ebp)