PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Evidence-Based Practice, American Psychological Association, Meta-Analysis

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

Psychotherapy- treatment involving psychological techniques: consists of interaction between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth: many americans share this confidence in psychotherapy"s effectiveness. Psychiatrists were the primary providers of mental health care. Today"s providers include clinical and counseling psychologists, clinical social workers, clergy, marital and school counselors, and psychiatric nurses. With such an enormous outlay of time as well as money, effort, and hope. Simply said, meta- analysis gives us the bottom- line result of lots of studies. It showed that the average therapy client ends up better off than 80 percent of the untreated individuals on waiting lists. The placebo effect is the healing power of belief of a treatment. Patients and therapists who expect a treatment to be effective may believe it was. Evidence- based practice- to encourage evidence- based practice in psychology, the american.